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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
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Teaching Tip: When a Matrix and Its Inverse Are Stochastic
Ding, J.; Rhee, N. H.
College Mathematics Journal, v44 n2 p108-109 Mar 2013
A stochastic matrix is a square matrix with nonnegative entries and row sums 1. The simplest example is a permutation matrix, whose rows permute the rows of an identity matrix. A permutation matrix and its inverse are both stochastic. We prove the converse, that is, if a matrix and its inverse are both stochastic, then it is a permutation matrix.
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