A Variational Characterization of Finite Markov Chains

DOI10.1214/AOMS/1177692723zbMath0238.60093OpenAlexW2046479560MaRDI QIDQ5649229

Frank Spitzer

Publication date: 1972

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177692723

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35)

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