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Information disclosure in the framework of Kolmogorov complexity

Information Theory 2021-08-06 v2 math.IT

Abstract

We consider the network consisting of three nodes 1,2,31, 2, 3 connected by two open channels 121\rightarrow 2 and 131\rightarrow 3. The information present in the node 1 consists of four strings x,y,z,wx,y,z,w. The nodes 2,32, 3 know x,wx,w and need to know y,zy,z, respectively. We want to arrange transmission of information over the channels so that both nodes 22 and 33 learn what they need and the disclosure of information is as small as possible. By information disclosure we mean the amount of information in the strings transmitted through channels about x,y,z,wx,y,z,w (or about x,wx,w). We are also interested in whether it is possible to minimize the disclosure of information and simultaneously minimize the length of words transferred through the channels.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01685,
  title  = {Information disclosure in the framework of Kolmogorov complexity},
  author = {Nikolay Vereshchagin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01685},
  year   = {2021}
}