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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 3 9H a Solution by
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A reversible Markov chain has a stationary law for which every finite path has the same distribution as its time-reversed path:For a transition matrix , the equivalent detailed balance condition is for all . It implies by summing over . Multiplying the balance identities along a path shows equality of its forward and reverse probabilities when ; conversely, taking paths of length one gives those identities.
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