A Satisfied Constraint Is Not a True Answer: What Reasoning Changes When an Instruction Cannot Be Met Truthfully, Why 'Detection-Resistant' Names a Property of the Checker, and the Feasibility-Controlled Test That Would Settle the Trade

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Mahendrakar, P. (2026). A Satisfied Constraint Is Not a True Answer: What Reasoning Changes When an Instruction Cannot Be Met Truthfully, Why 'Detection-Resistant' Names a Property of the Checker, and the Feasibility-Controlled Test That Would Settle the Trade [Preprint]. Life of Research. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23548960

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@misc{lor1242026,
  title        = {A Satisfied Constraint Is Not a True Answer: What Reasoning Changes When an Instruction Cannot Be Met Truthfully, Why 'Detection-Resistant' Names a Property of the Checker, and the Feasibility-Controlled Test That Would Settle the Trade},
  author       = {Pranay Mahendrakar},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Life of Research},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23548960},
  url          = {https://lifeofresearch.com/preprints/124},
  keywords     = {large language models, reasoning models, hallucination, instruction following, abstention, constraint satisfaction, specification gaming, evaluation methodology},
  note         = {LOR-00124}
}

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