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I don't understand why the only state with period > 1 is 1 Let's take state 2 for example, what's the period for state 2? Another question is, does an absorbing state(state 4 in this example) only have period of 1?

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    Good question. See http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/48838. Perhaps you should consult the source of your image to find out precisely what its definition of "period" is. Perhaps it's non-standard. – whuber Jul 05 '16 at 14:00

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An absorbing state has a preriod of 1, yes. Because there is a loop on himself. It's true only if it's not in an absorbing class.

But states 1,2,3,5 and 6 are in the same class of communication (you can go to an other state of the class and come back if you want) so they have the same period. which is 3.

If you gave us the source maybe there is some explanation.

Is this Markov chain irreducible?

You can read that, it can be helpful.

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