Math 290 Homework #5
Due date: Thursday, September 21

Section 2.5 (pp. 110--113)

#7, #10.
#13. Just giving an example is not enough! Instead, write down two stochastic 2x2 matrices A = [aij] and B = [bij], calculate their product AB, and use the "stochasticity" of A and B to check that AB is also stochastic.

Section 3.1 (pp. 127--129)

#5, #6, #9, #10, #11, #15, #16, #17, #18, #27, #28, #41, #49, #57, #58.

Note: The problems from Section 3.2 have been postponed until next week's assignment. Please do not hand them in with this assignment.