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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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Figueira, Santiago Daniel |
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Figueira, Santiago Daniel |
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Figueira, Santiago Daniel |
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Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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Normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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normality in non-integer bases and polynomial time randomness |
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2015 |
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