Computability and information in models of randomness and chaos†

  • Authors:
  • Cristobal Rojas

  • Affiliations:
  • Liens, cnrs – ens, 45 rue d'ulm, f-75230 paris cedex 05, france and crea, ecole polytechnique, 1 rue descartes. 75005paris email: cristobal.rojas@ens.fr

  • Venue:
  • Mathematical Structures in Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper presents a short survey of some recent approaches relating two different areas, viz. deterministic chaos and computability. Chaos in classical physics may be approached by dynamical (equationally determined) systems or stochastic ones (as random processes). However, randomness has also been effectively modelled using recursion theoretic tools by P. Martin-Löf. We recall its connections to Kolmogorov complexity and show some applications to dynamical systems. This allows us to introduce results that connect well-established notions of entropy and algorithmic information.