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The Markov property at deterministic times givesThus $(Z_n)$ is a discrete-time Markov chain with transition matrixwhen the minimal chain is nonexplosive, $P(h)=e^{hQ}$.

For an irreducible chain, state $i$ is recurrent in continuous time exactly whenand it is recurrent for the skeleton exactly when ${\sum }_{n\ge 0}{p}_{ii}(nh)=\infty$. If $t\in [nh,(n+1)h]$, the event of staying at $i$ suppliesIntegrating over each interval shows that the integral diverges exactly when the series does. Irreducibility then makes recurrence equivalent for the two chains. This is recurrence equivalence for a CTMC and its fixed-time skeleton.