 Two-state excursion visit law (source code)

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= Two-state excursion visit law

Let $a=\mathbb P_i(T_j<T_i)$ and $b=\mathbb P_j(T_i<T_j)$. Before returning to $i$, the chain visits $j$ zero times with probability $1-a$ and, for $k\geq1$, exactly $k$ times with probability
$$
ab(1-b)^{k-1}.
$$
When $b>0$, the expected number of visits is $a/b$.

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