## Two more characterizations of $$K$$-triviality.(English)Zbl 1453.03041

Summary: We give two new characterizations of $$K$$-triviality. We show that if for all $$Y$$ such that $$\Omega$$ is $$Y$$-random, $$\Omega$$ is $$(Y\oplus A)$$-random, then $$A$$ is $$K$$-trivial. The other direction was proved by Stephan and Yu, giving us the first titular characterization of $$K$$-triviality and answering a question of Yu. We also prove that if $$A$$ is $$K$$-trivial, then for all $$Y$$ such that $$\Omega$$ is $$Y$$-random, $$(Y\oplus A)\equiv_{\mathrm{LR}}Y$$. This answers a question of Merkle and Yu. The other direction is immediate, so we have the second characterization of $$K$$-triviality.
The proof of the first characterization uses a new cupping result. We prove that if $$A\nleq_{\mathrm{LR}}B$$, then for every set $$X$$ there is a $$B$$-random set $$Y$$ such that $$X$$ is computable from $$Y\oplus A$$.

### MSC:

 03D32 Algorithmic randomness and dimension 68Q30 Algorithmic information theory (Kolmogorov complexity, etc.)
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