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Kolmogorov Complexity and the Garden of Eden Theorem

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases 2012-12-11 v1 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

Suppose τ\tau is a cellular automaton over an amenable group and a finite alphabet. Celebrated Garden of Eden theorem states, that pre-injectivity of τ\tau is equivalent to non-existence of Garden of Eden configuration. In this paper we will prove, that imposing some mild restrictions, we could add another equivalent assertion: non-existence of Garden of Eden configuration is equivalent to preservation of asymptotic Kolmogorov complexity under the action of cellular automaton. It yields a characterisation of the cellular automata, which preserve the asymptotic Kolmogorov complexity.

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@article{arxiv.1212.1901,
  title  = {Kolmogorov Complexity and the Garden of Eden Theorem},
  author = {Andrey Alpeev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1901},
  year   = {2012}
}

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11 pages