@@ -36,23 +36,32 @@ between nonnegativity and eigenvalues.
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3737## Nonnegative Matrices
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39+ Let $a^{k}_ {ij}$ be element $(i,j)$ of $A^k$.
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3941An $n \times m$ matrix $A$ is called ** nonnegative** if every element of $A$
4042is nonnegative, i.e., $a_ {ij} \geq 0$ for every $i,j$.
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4244We denote this as $A \geq 0$.
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46+ ### Primitive Matrices
47+
48+ Let $A$ be a square nonnegative matrix and let $A^k$ be the $k^{th}$ power of A.
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50+ A matrix is consisdered ** primitive** if there exists a $k \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $A^k$ is everywhere positive.
51+
52+ It means that $A$ is called primitive if there is an integer $k \geq 0$ such that $a^{k}_ {ij} > 0$ for * all* $(i,j)$.
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54+ This concept is closely related to irreducible matrices.
4455
4556### Irreducible Matrices
4657
4758We have (informally) introduced irreducible matrices in the Markov chain lecture (TODO: link to Markov chain lecture).
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4960Here we will introduce this concept formally.
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51- Let $A$ be a square nonnegative matrix and let $A^k$ be the $k^{th}$ power of A .
62+ $A$ is called ** irreducible ** if for * each * $(i,j)$ there is an integer $k \geq 0$ such that $a^{k} _ {ij} > 0$ .
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53- Let $a^{k}_ {ij}$ be element $(i,j)$ of $A^k$.
54-
55- $A$ is called ** irreducible** if for each $(i,j)$ there is an integer $k \geq 0$ such that $a^{k}_ {ij} > 0$.
64+ We can see that if a matrix is primitive, then it implies the matrix is irreducible.
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5766A matrix $A$ that is not irreducible is called reducible.
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@@ -65,7 +74,8 @@ Here are some examples to illustrate this further.
65743 . $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ is reducible since $A^k = A$ for all $k \geq 0$ and thus
6675 $a^{k}_ {12},a^{k}_ {21} = 0$ for all $k \geq 0$.
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68- 4 . We have seen examples of irreducible matrices where each state has a positive probability to be reached.
77+ ### Left and Right Eigenvectors
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7181### The Perron-Frobenius Theorem
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