Let (pij ) be a stochastic matrix and {Xn|n ≥ 0} be an S-valued stochastic process with finite dimensional distributions given by P(X0 = i0, X1 = i1, · · · , Xn = in) = P(X0 = i0)pi0i1 · · · pin−1in , n ≥ 0, i0, · · · , in ∈ S. Then {Xn|n ≥ 0} is a Markov chain with transition probability matrix (pij ).
Let {Xn|n ≥ 0} be an S-valued Markov chain. Then the finite dimensional distributions are given as follows. For i0, · · · , in ∈ S, n ≥ 0 (0.2) P(X0 = i0, · · · , Xn = in) = P(X0 = i0)P(X1 = i1|X0 = i0)· · · P(Xn = in|Xn−1 = in−1).
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