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TR26-034 | 14th February 2026 02:09

Limit on the computational power of $\mathrm{C}$-random strings

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TR26-034
Authors: Alexey Milovanov
Publication: 7th March 2026 11:21
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Abstract:

We construct a universal decompressor $U$ for plain Kolmogorov complexity $\mathrm{C}_U$ such that the Halting Problem cannot be decided by any polynomial-time oracle machine with access to the set of random strings $R_{\mathrm{C}_U} = \{x : \mathrm{C}_U(x) \ge |x|\}$. This result resolves a problem posed by Eric Allender regarding the computational power of Kolmogorov complexity-based oracles.



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