arXiv · nlin/0212001
A Generalization of Chaitin's Halting Probability Ωand Halting Self-Similar Sets
Abstract
We generalize the concept of randomness in an infinite binary sequence in order to characterize the degree of randomness by a real number D>0. Chaitin's halting probability Ωis generalized to Ω^D whose degree of randomness is precisely D. On the basis of this generalization, we consider the degree of randomness of each point in Euclidean space through its base-two expansion. It is then shown that the maximum value of such a degree of randomness provides the Hausdorff dimension of a self-similar set that is computable in a certain sense. The class of such self-similar sets includes familiar fractal sets such as the Cantor set, von Koch curve, and Sierpinski gasket. Knowledge of the property of Ω^D allows us to show that the self-similar subset of [0,1] defined by the halting set of a universal algorithm has a Hausdorff dimension of one.
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Kohtaro Tadaki. 2002-12-02. A Generalization of Chaitin's Halting Probability Ωand Halting Self-Similar Sets. https://doi.org/10.14492/hokmj%2F1350911778
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