Monster-barring is a term coined by Lakatos (1976) to refer to the refining of a hypothesis to rule out nasty counterexamples (Bailey et al. 2007, p. 11).
Monster-Barring
See also
Degenerate, Hypothesis, Monsters of Real Analysis, PathologicalExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Bailey, D. H.; Borwein, J. M.; Calkin, N. J.; Girgensohn, R.; Luke, D. R.; and Moll, V. H. Experimental Mathematics in Action. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, 2007.Lakatos, I. Proofs and Refutations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1976.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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