Obituary: Ray Solomonoff, founding father of algorithmic information theory

DOI10.3390/A3030260zbMATH Open1396.01012OpenAlexW1986793372MaRDI QIDQ1662560FDOQ1662560

Authors: Paul M. B. Vitányi 

Publication date: 20 August 2018

Published in: Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/a3030260

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of information and communication theory (94-03)

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