General Random Sequences and Learnable Sequences
Schnorr, C. P. ; Fuchs, P.
J. Symbolic Logic, Tome 42 (1977) no. 1, p. 329-340 / Harvested from Project Euclid
We formalise the notion of those infinite binary sequences $z$ that admit a single program $P$ which expresses the entire algorithmical structure of $z$. Such a program $P$ minimizes the information which must be used in a relative computation for $z$. We propose two concepts with different strength for this notion, the learnable and the super-learnable sequences. We establish three different equivalent characterizations of learnable (super-learnable, resp.) sequences. In particular, we prove that a sequences $z$ is learnable (super-learnable, resp.) if and only if there is a computable probability measure $p$ such that $p$ is Schnorr (Martin-Lof, resp.) $p$-random. There is a recursively enumerable sequence which is not learnable. The learnable sequences are invariant with respect to all total and effective transformations of infinite binary sequences.
Publié le : 1977-09-14
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     title = {General Random Sequences and Learnable Sequences},
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Schnorr, C. P.; Fuchs, P. General Random Sequences and Learnable Sequences. J. Symbolic Logic, Tome 42 (1977) no. 1, pp.  329-340. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1183740009/