文档介绍:Cristian S. Calude
Infoflllation
and Randolllness
An Algorithmic Perspective
Second Edition, Revised and Extended
Forewords by
Gregory J. Chaitin and Arto Salomaa
Springer
Author Series Editors
Prof. Dr. Cristian S. Calude Prof. Dr. Wilfried Brauer
Department puter Science Institut fiir Informatik
Auckland University Technische UniversiHit Miinchen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Calude, Cristian, 1952-
Information and randomness: an algorithmic perspectivelCristian Calude; forewords
by Gregory J. Chaitin and Arto Salomaa. - 2nd ed.
p. cm. - (Texts in puter science)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 3540434666 (hc: alk. paper)
1. Machine theory. 2. Com:plexity. 3. Stochastic processes. I. Title. II.
EATCS monographs on puter science.
QA267 .C22 2002
'2-dc21 2002075734
puting Classification (1998): GA, -2, ,
ISBN 3-540-43466-6 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN 3-540-57456-5 1. edition Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
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