...understood by/through studying its

prepositions prepositional-objects

Idiomatic usage may be hard to predict, and idioms are by definition irregular in some way/s. Prepositional usage can often be deemed to involve idiom.

I'd choose understood by studying or understood through the study of , and I'm gratified to see that Google ngrams don't contraindicate.

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