Title :
Combinatorial interpretation of Kolmogorov complexity
Author :
Romashchenko, A. ; Shen, A. ; Vereshchagin, N.
Author_Institution :
Moscow State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
The very first Kolmogorov´s paper on algorithmic information theory was entitled “Three approaches to the definition of the quantity of information”. These three approaches were called combinatorial, probabilistic and algorithmic. Trying to establish formal connections between combinatorial and algorithmic approaches, we prove that every linear inequality including Kolmogorov complexities could be translated into an equivalent combinatorial statement. Entropy (complexity) proofs of combinatorial inequalities given previously can be considered as a special case (and a natural starting points) for this translation
Keywords :
computational complexity; Kolmogorov complexity; algorithmic information theory; combinatorial interpretation; entropy proofs; Character generation; Encoding; Entropy; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Complexity, 2000. Proceedings. 15th Annual IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0674-7
DOI :
10.1109/CCC.2000.856743