contradiction-identification

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Identify technical and physical contradictions in a system through functional modeling and matrix analysis.

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Contradiction Identification

Identify technical and physical contradictions in a system, providing resolution paths for each.

Stages

Stage 1: Function Model Construction

Build substance-field model of the system using function-model-construction SOP. Annotate useful, harmful, and insufficient interactions.

Stage 2: Contradiction Matrix Lookup

For each identified technical contradiction (improving parameter vs worsening parameter), query the 39×39 TRIZ contradiction matrix via contradiction-matrix-lookup SOP.

Stage 3: Separation Principle Selection

For physical contradictions (same parameter must be both X and not-X), identify applicable separation principles (time, space, condition, scale) via separation-principle SOP.

Minimum Yield

Metric	Floor
Technical contradictions identified	≥2
Physical contradictions identified	≥1
Resolution paths per contradiction	≥2
Applicable principles listed	≥4

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
function-model-construction	Stage 1 — build substance-field model
contradiction-matrix-lookup	Stage 2 — query matrix for principles
separation-principle	Stage 3 — resolve physical contradictions
triz-principle-application	Post — apply selected principles

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
contradiction-matrix-lookup	Query the 39x39 TRIZ contradiction matrix to find recommended inventive principles for a given technical contradiction.
function-model-construction	Build substance-field functional model of a system, annotating useful, harmful, insufficient, and excessive interactions.
separation-principle	Apply time/space/condition/scale separation to resolve physical contradictions where the same parameter must satisfy opposing requirements.