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ThesaHelp:
references c-d
Topic:
Kolmorgorov and algorithmic complexity
Topic:
randomness
Topic:
Godel's incompleteness theorem

Reference

Chaitin, G.J., "Randomness and mathematical proof", Scientific American, 232, pp. 47-52, May 1975. Google

Other Reference

page numbers from Chaitin, G.J., Information, randomness & incompleteness, Singapore: World Scientific, p. 3-13, 1987.

Quotations
7 ;;Quote: only about one in a 1,000 series of digits can be computed by a program that is 10 digits smaller than the series
7 ;;Quote: to prove that a particular series of digits is random must prove that there is no small program for it; probably impossible


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