ON THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS FOR (GEOMETRICALLY) ERGODIC MARKOV CHAINS
遍历及几何遍历马尔可夫链的大数定律
For use in asymptotic analysis of nonlinear time series models, we show that with (Xt,t ≥ 0) a (geometrically) ergodic Markov chain, the general version of the strong law of large numbers applies. That is, the average converges almost surely to the expectation of φ(Xt,Xt+1,…) irrespective of the choice of initial distribution of, or value of, X0. In the existing literature, the less general form has been studied.We thank Paolo Paruolo (the co-editor) and the referee for…