The probability distribution as a computational resource for randomness testing
Logic
2014-08-14 v1
Abstract
When testing a set of data for randomness according to a probability distribution that depends on a parameter, access to this parameter can be considered as a computational resource. We call a randomness test Hippocratic if it is not permitted to access this resource. In these terms, we show that for Bernoulli measures , and the Martin-L\"of randomness model, Hippocratic randomness of a set of data is the same as ordinary randomness. The main idea of the proof is to first show that from Hippocrates-random data one can Turing compute the parameter . However, we show that there is no single Hippocratic randomness test such that passing the test implies computing , and in particular there is no universal Hippocratic randomness test.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1408.2850,
title = {The probability distribution as a computational resource for randomness testing},
author = {Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2850},
year = {2014}
}