Definition:Absorbing State/Also defined as
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Absorbing State: Also defined as
Some sources define an absorbing state on a random walk only.
Some sources separate the definitions of absorbing state and absorbing barrier, using the former for a Markov chain and the latter for a random walk.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): absorbing state
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): absorbing state
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): absorbing state
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): random walk