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If P = {P(i,j); i,j =0,1,2,...,} is the transition function of any stationary Markov chain, then {η i ; i=0,1,...} is called a stationary or invariant measure for P if η i ≥0 and
If in addition Ση i <∞ (or without loss of generality, if Ση i =1), then {η i } is a stationary distribution.
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Athreya, K.B., Ney, P.E. (1972). Potential Theory. In: Branching Processes. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 196. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65371-1_2
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