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On Markov chains with an enumerable infinity of states

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

F. G. Foster
F. G. Foster
Affiliation:
Magdalen CollegeOxford
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Consider the infinite system of linear ‘inequations’,

in which the coefficients pij have the two properties

We define as properly divergent (p.d.) a solution, {xi} (i = 0, 1, 2, …), such that

and such that |xi| < ∞ for i < ∞. Since {k + xi} is also a solution for any non-negative constant k, there is no loss in generality in assuming (as we always shall) in place of this last condition that

We are concerned with conditions for the existence of p.d. solutions.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , October 1952 , pp. 587 - 591
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1952

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