What is the term for the "naive" or "null" case for something? It's like when you have a general rule for something, but a definition or a special case for the case where you're dealing with something degenerative, like the null set, or infinity, or zero, or something. It's almost like a "base case" in induction, but you're not using it to infer anything else.
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4Trivial case is one answer, but you need to be more specific. Do you have some nice example? – Dietrich Burde Sep 10 '20 at 15:35
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2"Trivial case"? "Degenerate case"? Depends on what exactly makes it stand out. – Arthur Sep 10 '20 at 15:35
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There is [tag:terminology] tag. – Vepir Sep 10 '20 at 15:45
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@DietrichBurde THAT'S IT! This has been bugging me all morning! – cjohnson318 Sep 10 '20 at 16:01
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@Vepir thanks for letting me know about the terminology tag. – cjohnson318 Sep 10 '20 at 16:03