Title
On Characteristic Constants of Theories Defined by Kolmogorov Complexity
Abstract
Chaitin discovered that for each formal system T, there exists a constant csuch that no sentence of the form K(x) cis provable in T, where K(x) is the Kolmogorov complexity of x. We call the minimum such cthe Chaitin characteristic constant of T, or cT. There have been discussions about whether it represents the information content or strength of T. Raatikainen tried to reveal the true source of cT, stating that it is determined by the smallest index of Turing machine which does not halt but we cannot prove this fact in T. We call the index the Raatikainen characteristic constant of T, denoted by rT. We show that rTdoes not necessarily coincide with cT; for two arithmetical theories T, T茂戮驴with a 茂戮驴1-sentence provable in T茂戮驴but not in T, there is an enumeration of the Turing machines such that rTrT茂戮驴and cT= cT茂戮驴.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-540-69937-8_19
WoLLIC
Keywords
Field
DocType
kolmogorov complexity,turing machine,form k,smallest index,1-sentence provable,cthe chaitin,t. raatikainen,arithmetical theory,cis provable,constant csuch,characteristic constants,indexation,information content
Discrete mathematics,Formal system,Arithmetic function,Kolmogorov complexity,Of the form,Existential quantification,Enumeration,Algorithm,Turing machine,Sentence,Mathematics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5110
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shingo Ibuka100.68
Makoto Kikuchi232.16
Hirotaka Kikyo3165.26