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On the asymptotic probability distribution for certain Markoff processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Walter Ledermann
Walter Ledermann
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Department of MathematicsUniversity of Manchester
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The type of Markoff process which is considered in this paper corresponds to a system capable of n states, the time being regarded as a continuously varying parameter. At any instant t the probability distribution is represented by the vector

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , October 1950 , pp. 581 - 594
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1950

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