This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract If a finite Markov chain (discrete time, discrete states) has a number of absorbing states, one of these will eventually be reached. In this ...

Let $M = \| m_{ij} \|$ be a $4 \times 4$ irreducible aperiodic Markov matrix such that $h_1 \neq h_2, h_3 \neq h_4$, where $h_i = m_{i1} + m_{i2}$. Let $x_1, x_2 ...