Combinatorial characterizations of extractors and Kolmogorov extractors
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We present characterizations of extractors and Kolmogorov extractors in terms of a combinatorial object called balanced table. These characterizations provide an alternative proof for the relation between extractors and Kolmogorov extractors, first obtained in [FHP06] and [HPV09].
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