Topic: Recurrence and Transience

Why Transience Is a Class Property

Why Recurrence Is a Class Property

Truncated Return-Series Diagnostics

The Return-Series Criterion for Recurrence

The Green-Series Identity for Returns

Solving Return Equations in Finite Chains

Return Times and First-Return Events

Recurrence in Finite Closed Classes

Recurrent and Transient States

Recurrence Does Not Require a Finite Mean Return Time