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In this chapter we try to answer the question: What is a random string? A detailed analysis, at both empirical and formal levels, suggests that the correct question is not Is x a random string? but To what extent is x random?
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Calude, C. (1994). Random Strings. In: Information and Randomness. Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science An EATCS Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03049-3_5
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