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Is there a quantum analog of Kolmogorov Complexity?

Kolmogorov Complexity (interpreted in terms of shortest program computing a string) and Shannon Entropy are quite similar. Since there is a quantum entropy is it reasonable to ask if there is quantum ...
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What are the moments of Kolmogorov Complexity for a Random Variable?

Given a random variable $X$ distributed under some computable distribution $P$ we have, $$0 \le E[K(X)] - H(P) \le K(P)$$ Where $H(P)$ is the entropy of $P$. I tried using Hoeffding concentration ...
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