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2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60J10 Secondary: 60J27 [MSN][ZBL]

A set of states of a homogeneous Markov chain with state space such that

for any ,

for any , , , and

(*)

for any , where is the return time to the state :

for a discrete-time Markov chain, and

for a continuous-time Markov chain.

As in the case of a class of positive states (in the definition of a positive class (*) is replaced by ), states belonging to the same zero class have a number of common properties. For example, for any states of a zero class ,

An example of a Markov chain whose states form a single zero class is the symmetric random walk on the integers:

where are independent random variables,

References

[1] K.L. Chung, "Markov chains with stationary transition probabilities" , Springer (1967) MR0217872 Zbl 0146.38401


Comments

Cf. also Markov chain, class of positive states of a.

References

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This article was adapted from an original article by A.M. Zubkov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article