On distributionally regenerative Markov chains (Q1965897)
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On distributionally regenerative Markov chains (English)
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1 March 2000
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A variant on the notion of distributional regeneration in a general Markov chain is introduced. It is related to recurrent stochastic matrices with countable index sets. A minorization inequality for the dual operator of a transition kernel is shown to be a sufficient condition for the distributional regenerativity. It is also employed in a characterization of the positive recurrence. The results are illustrated on shifts over finite alphabets and on \(S\)-unimodal interval maps.
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general Markov chain
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distributional regeneration
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positive recurrence
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