Kolmogorov Complexity and Algorithmic Randomness - Couverture souple

Shen, A.; Uspensky, V. A.; Vereshchagin, N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1470470640 ISBN 13 : 9781470470647

Editeur : American Mathematical Society, 2017

Synopsis

Looking at a sequence of zeros and ones, we often feel that it is not random, that is, it is not plausible as an outcome of fair coin tossing. Why? The answer is provided by algorithmic information theory: because the sequence is compressible, that is, it has small complexity or, equivalently, can be produced by a short program. This idea, going back to Solomonoff, Kolmogorov, Chaitin, Levin, and others, is now the starting point of algorithmic information theory.

The first part of this book is a textbook-style exposition of the basic notions of complexity and randomness; the second part covers some recent work done by participants of the "Kolmogorov seminar" in Moscow (started by Kolmogorov himself in the 1980s) and their colleagues.

This book contains numerous exercises (embedded in the text) that will help readers to grasp the material.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A. Shen, LIRMM CRNS, Université de Montpellier, France.

V. A. Uspensky, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

N. Vereshchagin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Mathematical Society
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1470470640
• ISBN 13: 9781470470647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 511
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