Consider a pair of Ehrenfest urns with a total of 4 molecules divided between them. a. Find

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Consider a pair of Ehrenfest urns with a total of 4 molecules divided between them.
a. Find the transition matrix for the Markov chain that models the number of molecules in urn A, and show that this matrix is not regular.
b. Assuming that the steady-state vector may be interpreted as occupation times for this Markov chain, in what state will this chain spend the most steps?

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Linear Algebra And Its Applications

ISBN: 9781292351216

6th Global Edition

Authors: David Lay, Steven Lay, Judi McDonald

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