RANDOM SETS IN SUBRECURSIVE HIERARCHIES,

Abstract

Successive modifications of Church's definition of a random sequence are considered in terms of their relative position in the Ritchie hierarchy of Kalmar elementary functions. A general result is derived governing the classification of Church random sequences in subrecursive hierarchies that include the elementary functions, such as the Grzegorczyk and Kleene subrecursive hierarchies. This study extends recent work done elsewhere directed toward the use of the theory of recursive functions in making precise the notion of a random sequence and the information content of a discrete set of objects. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0672718

Entities

People

  • R. A. Dipaola

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Hierarchies
  • Recursive Functions
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.