A Short Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity
arXiv:1005.2400
Abstract
This is a short introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity. The interested reader is referred to the text books by Cover & Thomas as well as Li & Vítanyi, which cover the fields of information theory and Kolmogorov complexity in depth and with all the necessary rigor.
7 pages; from The Paradox of Overfitting, Master's thesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2003