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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford 2013 M4 f Solution by
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Write a first return time as , where for . It has mean and period two, so the stationary probability at one is . The periodic convergence theorem would give limits along even times and zero along odd times.
Here one can obtain them directly. Put , with . Splitting according to the first return gives the renewal equationInduction gives for every : the right side is . Odd-time returns are impossible because every return interval is even. Therefore the exact set of limit points isThe sequence does not converge to the stationary mass , precisely because it is periodic.
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