Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness

It is known that if x∈[0,1] is polynomial time random then x is normal in any integer base greater than one. We show that if x is polynomial time random and β>1 is Pisot, then x is "normal in base β", in the sense that the sequence (<inf>x</inf>βn)n∈<inf>N</inf>...

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Autor principal: Figueira, Santiago Daniel
Publicado: 2015
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spelling paper:paper_00220000_v81_n7_p1059_Almarza2023-06-08T14:45:03Z Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness Figueira, Santiago Daniel Algorithmic randomness Deterministic finite automaton Martingale Normality Pisot number Polynomial time randomness Subshift Polynomial approximation Polynomials Algorithmic randomness Deterministic finite automata Martingale Normality Pisot numbers Polynomial-time Subshifts Random processes It is known that if x∈[0,1] is polynomial time random then x is normal in any integer base greater than one. We show that if x is polynomial time random and β>1 is Pisot, then x is "normal in base β", in the sense that the sequence (<inf>x</inf>βn)n∈<inf>N</inf> is uniformly distributed modulo one. We work with the notion of P-martingale, a generalization of martingales to non-uniform distributions, and show that a sequence over a finite alphabet is distributed according to an irreducible, invariant Markov measure P if an only if no P-martingale whose betting factors are computed by a deterministic finite automaton succeeds on it. This is a generalization of Schnorr and Stimm's characterization of normal sequences in integer bases. Our results use tools and techniques from symbolic dynamics, together with automata theory and algorithmic randomness. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Fil:Figueira, S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00220000_v81_n7_p1059_Almarza http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00220000_v81_n7_p1059_Almarza
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topic Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automaton
Martingale
Normality
Pisot number
Polynomial time randomness
Subshift
Polynomial approximation
Polynomials
Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automata
Martingale
Normality
Pisot numbers
Polynomial-time
Subshifts
Random processes
spellingShingle Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automaton
Martingale
Normality
Pisot number
Polynomial time randomness
Subshift
Polynomial approximation
Polynomials
Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automata
Martingale
Normality
Pisot numbers
Polynomial-time
Subshifts
Random processes
Figueira, Santiago Daniel
Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
topic_facet Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automaton
Martingale
Normality
Pisot number
Polynomial time randomness
Subshift
Polynomial approximation
Polynomials
Algorithmic randomness
Deterministic finite automata
Martingale
Normality
Pisot numbers
Polynomial-time
Subshifts
Random processes
description It is known that if x∈[0,1] is polynomial time random then x is normal in any integer base greater than one. We show that if x is polynomial time random and β>1 is Pisot, then x is "normal in base β", in the sense that the sequence (<inf>x</inf>βn)n∈<inf>N</inf> is uniformly distributed modulo one. We work with the notion of P-martingale, a generalization of martingales to non-uniform distributions, and show that a sequence over a finite alphabet is distributed according to an irreducible, invariant Markov measure P if an only if no P-martingale whose betting factors are computed by a deterministic finite automaton succeeds on it. This is a generalization of Schnorr and Stimm's characterization of normal sequences in integer bases. Our results use tools and techniques from symbolic dynamics, together with automata theory and algorithmic randomness. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.
author Figueira, Santiago Daniel
author_facet Figueira, Santiago Daniel
author_sort Figueira, Santiago Daniel
title Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
title_short Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
title_full Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
title_fullStr Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
title_full_unstemmed Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
title_sort normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness
publishDate 2015
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00220000_v81_n7_p1059_Almarza
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00220000_v81_n7_p1059_Almarza
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