Walks on chains
Alexander Gil, Anton Petrunin
TL;DR
This paper introduces basic concepts of Markov chains through simple examples, aiming to educate school students about stochastic processes in an accessible manner.
Contribution
It provides an educational overview of Markov chains with illustrative examples suitable for a school-level audience.
Findings
Simplified explanations of Markov chain properties
Educational examples demonstrating stochastic processes
Accessible introduction for beginners
Abstract
We discuss a couple of examples of Markov chains. This note is written primarily for school students; it is based on a lecture given by the first author at a Math Circle at NAS (www.assagames.com/nas).
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TopicsMarkov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods · Theoretical and Computational Physics · Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference