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B.5.TU:4.1 - Choose an application worth constructing

State what an answer would help someone understand, obtain, predict, rule out or change. Select one case small enough to work with the available means while retaining the difficulty. For example, “Can these two operations use the same input?” gives composition rules a purpose; “understand category theory” leaves that first use unselected.

Locate a source application serving that question, or the nearest account whose objects and rules could be adapted. State which part is supplied and which you are proposing. A theory can also be explored to discover a useful question: try one of its characteristic operations and inspect what its result makes distinguishable or obtainable.

Determine the contribution you need to learn or obtain. Applying a supported formula can need its inputs and use conditions; changing the formula can need its construction and argument. Explain the needed difference in work before selecting further study.