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In the problem above, I solved all questions but the last one confuses me. I can see that state 5 can only lead to state 1, hence it is clear that the probability and the limit of the probability is equal to 1. What does have $r$ have to do here? How does it influence the limit? am I understanding the expression wrong? Thank you.

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  • It asks about a multi-step transition, the probabilities are not always 1. For example the probability of going from 5 to 1 in 6 steps is zero. – Michael Mar 18 '19 at 05:50
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    I see that! So it has to do with periodicity. Thank you I didn't think of that – bluemuse Mar 18 '19 at 12:13

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