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Use this tag when asking what is on- or off-topic on the main site, and why.

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Questions about motivations of a given mathematical view

I think (good) questions of this kind would be very useful. An example is Irrationality proofs not by contradiction (with its MO predecessor, https://mathoverflow.net/questions/32011/direct-proof-of …
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