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Infinite Transient or Nonrecurrent Sets<br />

▶ Infinite irreducible sets can be transient or nulrecurrent.<br />

▶ Example of a Random Walk.<br />

▶ I = {0, 1, . . .}, p ∈ (0, 1), q = 1 − p.<br />

⎛<br />

0 1 0 . . .<br />

⎞<br />

⎜<br />

q<br />

⎜<br />

P = ⎜<br />

0<br />

⎜<br />

⎝<br />

0<br />

.<br />

0<br />

q<br />

0<br />

.<br />

p<br />

0<br />

q<br />

.<br />

0<br />

p<br />

0<br />

. ..<br />

. . .<br />

. . .<br />

p<br />

⎟<br />

. . . ⎟<br />

⎠<br />

. ..<br />

▶ If p > q the chain is transient; if q = p = 0.5 the chain is nulrecurrent; if<br />

p < q the chain is positive recurrent.<br />

c⃝ Ad Ridder (VU) SOR– Fall 2012 21 / 36

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