A Theory of Program Size Formally Identical to Information Theory

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DOI10.1145/321892.321894zbMath0309.68045OpenAlexW2020311636MaRDI QIDQ4068087

Gregory J. Chaitin

Publication date: 1975

Published in: Journal of the ACM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/321892.321894




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