Kolmogorov Complexity Theory over the Reals

  • Authors:
  • Martin Ziegler;Wouter M. Koolen

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Paderborn, Germany;CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Kolmogorov Complexity constitutes an integral part of computability theory, information theory, and computational complexity theory-in the discrete setting of bits and Turing machines. Over real numbers, on the other hand, the BSS-machine (aka real-RAM) has been established as a major model of computation. This real realm has turned out to exhibit natural counterparts to many notions and results in classical complexity and recursion theory; although usually with considerably different proofs. The present work investigates similarities and differences between discrete and real Kolmogorov Complexity as introduced by Montana and Pardo (1998).