beamer - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
beamer - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
beamer - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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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