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# edu-a1al
title: 'Markov lesson: Transition Probabilities and Matrices'
status: completed
type: task
priority: high
created_at: 2026-03-10T23:30:00Z
updated_at: 2026-03-13T22:37:25Z
parent: edu-svom
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Write Section 3 of edu/markov.md: 'Transition Probabilities and Matrices'\n\nLearning objectives:\n- Formally define the transition matrix P where P[i][j] = P(next=j | current=i)\n- Explain the stochastic matrix constraint: all rows sum to 1, all entries ≥ 0\n- Show how to compute the distribution after k steps: π₀ Pᵏ\n- Work through a 2×2 weather-model example by hand\n\nContent to produce:\n- 3–5 paragraphs of prose\n- A worked numeric example (2-state weather chain)\n- LaTeX-style or plain-text matrix notation\n- No code in this section\n\nTarget: replace the stub in edu/markov.md §3