English

Short lists with short programs in short time - a short proof

Computational Complexity 2013-02-06 v1

Abstract

Bauwens, Mahklin, Vereshchagin and Zimand [ECCC TR13-007] and Teutsch [arxiv:1212.6104] have shown that given a string x it is possible to construct in polynomial time a list containing a short description of it. We simplify their technique and present a shorter proof of this result.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.1109,
  title  = {Short lists with short programs in short time - a short proof},
  author = {Marius Zimand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1109},
  year   = {2013}
}
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