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Quantum complexity quantifies the difficulty of preparing a state or implementing a unitary transformation with limited resources. Applications range from quantum computation to condensed matter physics and quantum gravity. We seek to…

Drawing on various notions from theoretical computer science, we present a novel numerical approach, motivated by the notion of algorithmic probability, to the problem of approximating the Kolmogorov-Chaitin complexity of short strings. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Fernando Soler-Toscano , Hector Zenil , Jean-Paul Delahaye , Nicolas Gauvrit

We apply algorithmic information theory to quantum mechanics in order to shed light on an algorithmic structure which inheres in quantum mechanics. There are two equivalent ways to define the (classical) Kolmogorov complexity K(s) of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kohtaro Tadaki

Kolmogorov Complexity constitutes an integral part of computability theory, information theory, and computational complexity theory -- in the discrete setting of bits and Turing machines. Over real numbers, on the other hand, the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-03-28 Martin Ziegler , Wouter M. Koolen

Two-party one-way quantum communication has been extensively studied in the recent literature. We target the size of minimal information that is necessary for a feasible party to finish a given combinatorial task, such as distinction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Harumichi Nishimura , Tomoyuki Yamakami

Kolmogorov complexity is the length of the ultimately compressed version of a file (that is, anything which can be put in a computer). Formally, it is the length of a shortest program from which the file can be reconstructed. We discuss the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Paul Vitanyi

It is not obvious what fraction of all the potential information residing in the molecules and structures of living systems is significant or meaningful to the system. Sets of random sequences or identically repeated sequences, for example,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-01-28 David J. Galas , Matti Nykter , Gregory W. Carter , Nathan D. Price , Ilya Shmulevich

Kolmogorov complexity is often used as a convenient language for counting and/or probabilistic existence proofs. However, there are some applications where Kolmogorov complexity is used in a more subtle way. We provide one (somehow)…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Alexander Shen

The Kolmogorov complexity of x, denoted C(x), is the length of the shortest program that generates x. For such a simple definition, Kolmogorov complexity has a rich and deep theory, as well as applications to a wide variety of topics…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-02-17 Stephen Fenner , Lance Fortnow

In this paper, a representation of the information-disturbance theorem based on the quantum Kolmogorov complexity that was defined by P. Vitanyi has been examined. In the quantum information theory, the information-disturbance relationship,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-16 Takayuki Miyadera

In this study, the effect of bounded quantum memory in a primitive information protocol has been examined using the quantum Kolmogorov complexity as a measure of information. We employed a toy two-party protocol in which Bob by using a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-15 Takayuki Miyadera

Kolmogorov complexity of a finite binary word reflects both algorithmic structure and the empirical distribution of symbols appearing in the word. Words with symbol frequencies far from one half have smaller combinatorial richness and…

Computation · Statistics 2025-12-25 Brani Vidakovic

I discuss several aspects of information theory and its relationship to physics and neuroscience. The unifying thread of this somewhat chaotic essay is the concept of Kolmogorov or algorithmic complexity (Kolmogorov Complexity, for short).…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giulio Ruffini

In this article we discuss the formal structure of a generalized information theory based on the extension of the probability calculus of Kolmogorov to a (possibly) non-commutative setting. By studying this framework, we argue that quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-19 F. Holik , G. M. Bosyk , G. Bellomo

The quantum gravity has great difficulties with application of the probability notion. In given article this problem is analyzed according to algorithmic viewpoint. According to A.N. Kolmogorov, the probability notion can be connected with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 V. D. Dzhunushaliev

The information in an individual finite object (like a binary string) is commonly measured by its Kolmogorov complexity. One can divide that information into two parts: the information accounting for the useful regularity present in the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Paul Vitanyi

We extend algorithmic information theory to quantum mechanics, taking a universal semicomputable density matrix (``universal probability'') as a starting point, and define complexity (an operator) as its negative logarithm. A number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Peter Gacs

In classical stochastic theory, the joint probability distributions of a stochastic process obey by definition the Kolmogorov consistency conditions. Interpreting such a process as a sequence of physical measurements with probabilistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Moritz F. Richter , Andrea Smirne , Walter T. Strunz , Dario Egloff

The complexity of the quantum state of a multiparticle system and the maximum possible accuracy of its quantum description are connected by a relation similar to the coordinate-momentum uncertainty relation. The coefficient in this relation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 Yuri I. Ozhigov

Quantum information refers to the distinctive information-processing properties of quantum systems, which arise when information is stored in or retrieved from nonorthogonal quantum states. More information is required to prepare an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlton M. Caves , Christopher A. Fuchs