Martin-Löf randomness and rK-reducibility
Can random real carry arbitrary information. In terms of (Turing) computability, Kučera and Gács addressed this question in affirmative. i.e., Every real $x\in 2^ω$ is computable from some Martin-Löf random real. This result motivated quantitative versions of coding into random reals. i.e., How many bits of the random oracle are needed to compute the first $n$ bits of $x$. Barmpalias and Lewis-Pye obtained a coding that uses $n+O(\log n)$ many bits. Is it possible for the coding to use $n$ bits exactly? This is equivalent to say, if every real is $rK$-reducible to a Martin-Löf random real. In this paper, we prove that such a coding does not exist. i.e., There exists some real that is not $rK$-reducible to any Martin-Löf random real.
Authors
- George Barmpalias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9921-760X)
- Lu Liu
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.39174
- Primary Topic
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
- Type
- preprint