Abstract
We define a program size complexity function $H^\infty$ as a variant of the prefix-free Kolmogorov complexity, based on Turing monotone machines performing possibly unending computations. We consider definitions of randomness and triviality for sequences in ${\{0,1\}}^\omega$ relative to the $H^\infty$ complexity. We prove that the classes of Martin-Löf random sequences and $H^\infty$-random sequences coincide and that the $H^\infty$-trivial sequences are exactly the recursive ones. We also study some properties of $H^\infty$ and compare it with other complexity functions. In particular, $H^\infty$ is different from $H^A$, the prefix-free complexity of monotone machines with oracle A.
Citation
Verónica Becher. Santiago Figueira. André Nies. Silvana Picchi. "Program Size Complexity for Possibly Infinite Computations." Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 46 (1) 51 - 64, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1107220673
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