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Q122Section III (Statistics)122 of 180

Markov chains — a self-contained pair of states

Suppose {Xn,n≥0}\{X_n,n\ge0\} is a Markov chain with state space S={1,2,3,4}S=\{1,2,3,4\} and transition probability matrix

P=(1/201/2001/302/32/301/3001/403/4).P=\begin{pmatrix}1/2&0&1/2&0\\0&1/3&0&2/3\\2/3&0&1/3&0\\0&1/4&0&3/4\end{pmatrix}.

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