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arXiv · 2509.22406

Strong Kurtz Randomness and Binary Expansions of Reordered Computable Numbers

Abstract

A real number is called left-computable if there exists a computable increasing sequence of rational numbers converging to it. In this article we investigate the Kolmogorov complexity and the binary expansions of a very specific subset of the left-computable numbers. We show in our main result that a real number is reordered computable if, and only if, it is left-computable and not strongly Kurtz random. In preparation of this, we characterize strong Kurtz randomness by a suitable notion of randomness tests. We also look at the binary expansions of reordered computable numbers and clarify whether they can be immune, hyperimmune, hyperhyperimmune, strongly hyperhyperimmune, or cohesive. Then, we investigate the effective Hausdorff and packing dimensions of reordered computable numbers. Finally, we have a short look at regular reals in the context of immunity properties, Kolmogorov complexity and (strong) Kurtz randomness.

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Peter Hertling, Philip Janicki. 2025-09-26. Strong Kurtz Randomness and Binary Expansions of Reordered Computable Numbers. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22406

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