Kolmogorov complexity and the Recursion Theorem

Several classes of diagonally nonrecursive (DNR) functions are characterized in terms of Kolmogorov complexity. In particular, a set of natural numbers A can wtt-compute a DNR function iff there is a nontrivial recursive lower bound on the Kolmogorov complexity of the initial segments of A. Furtherm...

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Hauptverfasser: Kjos-Hanssen, Bjørn (VerfasserIn) , Merkle, Wolfgang (VerfasserIn) , Stephan, Frank (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: April 27, 2011
In: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 363, Heft: 10, Pages: 5465-5480
ISSN:1088-6850
DOI:10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05306-7
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Verfasserangaben:Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen, Wolfgang Merkle, and Frank Stephan
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Zusammenfassung:Several classes of diagonally nonrecursive (DNR) functions are characterized in terms of Kolmogorov complexity. In particular, a set of natural numbers A can wtt-compute a DNR function iff there is a nontrivial recursive lower bound on the Kolmogorov complexity of the initial segments of A. Furthermore, A can Turing compute a DNR function iff there is a nontrivial A-recursive lower bound on the Kolmogorov complexity of the initial segments of A. A is PA-complete, that is, A can compute a {0,1}-valued DNR function, iff A can compute a function F such that F⁡(n) is a string of length n and maximal C-complexity among the strings of length n. A≥TK iff A can compute a function F such that F⁡(n) is a string of length n and maximal H-complexity among the strings of length n. Further characterizations for these classes are given. The existence of a DNR function in a Turing degree is equivalent to the failure of the Recursion Theorem for this degree; thus the provided results characterize those Turing degrees in terms of Kolmogorov complexity which no longer permit the usage of the Recursion Theorem.
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ISSN:1088-6850
DOI:10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05306-7