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Minimal-program complexity of pseudo-recursive and pseudo-random sequences

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The research reported here represents a portion of the author's Ph.D. dissertation at Carnegie-Mellon University under the supervision of Prof. Donald Loveland.

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Daley, R.P. Minimal-program complexity of pseudo-recursive and pseudo-random sequences. Math. Systems Theory 9, 83–94 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01698128

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