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Q18Section ST (Statistics (Q11–Q65))18 of 65

Transient state in a Markov chain

Let {Xn:n≥0}\{X_n : n \ge 0\} be a homogeneous Markov chain with state space S={1,2,…,7}S = \{1, 2, \dots, 7\} and transition probability matrix P=(130230000 0130130130 120120000 0120140140 1200014140 0230160160 1313000013)P = \begin{pmatrix} \frac13 & 0 & \frac23 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \ 0 & \frac13 & 0 & \frac13 & 0 & \frac13 & 0 \ \frac12 & 0 & \frac12 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \ 0 & \frac12 & 0 & \frac14 & 0 & \frac14 & 0 \ \frac12 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \frac14 & \frac14 & 0 \ 0 & \frac23 & 0 & \frac16 & 0 & \frac16 & 0 \ \frac13 & \frac13 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \frac13 \end{pmatrix}. Then which of the following statements is correct?

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