Levin's theorem

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Levin's_optimality_theorem
gptkbp:appliesTo prefix-free Turing machines
gptkbp:field algorithmic information theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Levin's theorem
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Leonid_Levin
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Problems_of_Information_Transmission
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kolmogorov_complexity
gptkbp:significance establishes the existence of a universal description method for prefix complexity
gptkbp:state There exists an optimal universal prefix Turing machine for which the prefix Kolmogorov complexity is minimal up to an additive constant.
gptkbp:yearProposed 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NP-completeness
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5