Recurrence equivalence for a CTMC and its fixed-time skeleton

For $h>0$, the fixed-time skeleton has matrix $P(h)$. If $q_i$ is the holding rate, then for $nh\le t\le (n+1)h$,Thus ${\int }_0^{\infty }{p}_{ii}(t)dt$ diverges exactly when ${\sum }_n{p}_{ii}(nh)$ does, proving recurrence equivalence for an irreducible chain.