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    "zh-Hant": "第 11400 題：有限狀態Markov鏈",
    "en": "Question 11400: Two-Step Probability by Summing Every Intermediate State"
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    "stem_zh": "rows=current state且columns=next state。操作=markov-two-step-entry；資料={\"transition\":[[[25,27],[2,27]],[[13,14],[1,14]]],\"from\":0,\"to\":1}。請依 [from,to,middle_state_terms,two_step_probability] 欄序回答。",
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      "value": "(0, 1, [50/729, 1/189], 377/5103)",
      "explanation_zh": "依賴結構核對=(0, 1, [50/729, 1/189], 377/5103)；依完整明示資料重算；精確有限切片不自動升格為一般無限結論；轉移列非負且精確和為1；不推出平穩遍歷或長期收斂。"
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      "title": "Two-Step Probability by Summing Every Intermediate State",
      "stem": "Use one fixed finite time-homogeneous transition table=[[25/27, 2/27], [13/14, 1/14]]. Rows denote the current state and columns the next state; row entries must be nonnegative and sum exactly to 1 before stepping. State order stays fixed. Use exact rational arithmetic, reduce fractions to positive denominators and omit /1 for integer outputs. No stationary, irreducibility, ergodicity or long-term convergence claim follows. Require a qualified kernel. from=0, to=1. Give (from,to,every P[from][middle]*P[middle][to] term in middle-state order,sum). This conditional transition entry does not require an initial law.",
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        "value": "(0, 1, [50/729, 1/189], 377/5103)",
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        "zh-Hant": "rows=current state且columns=next state。操作=markov-two-step-entry；資料={\"transition\":[[[25,27],[2,27]],[[13,14],[1,14]]],\"from\":0,\"to\":1}。請依 [from,to,middle_state_terms,two_step_probability] 欄序回答。",
        "en": "Use one fixed finite time-homogeneous transition table=[[25/27, 2/27], [13/14, 1/14]]. Rows denote the current state and columns the next state; row entries must be nonnegative and sum exactly to 1 before stepping. State order stays fixed. Use exact rational arithmetic, reduce fractions to positive denominators and omit /1 for integer outputs. No stationary, irreducibility, ergodicity or long-term convergence claim follows. Require a qualified kernel. from=0, to=1. Give (from,to,every P[from][middle]*P[middle][to] term in middle-state order,sum). This conditional transition entry does not require an initial law."
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        "zh-Hant": "每個原分母須非零；分數約分並令分母正，不以小數近似。",
        "en": "Every original denominator must be nonzero.Reduce fractions to positive denominators without decimal approximation."
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        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "按本步已指定的角色逐項精確運算；保留符號、分母與原始配對。",
        "en": "Compute exactly with this step's specified roles,retaining signs,denominators and original pairings."
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        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "以精確有理數重算 transition row0 total，不以小數近似替代。",
          "en": "Recompute transition row0 total with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals."
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        "zh-Hant": "非負與總和恰為1分開核；零權重合法，負數或接近1不自動修補。",
        "en": "Check nonnegativity and exact total one separately.Zero weights are allowed;negative weights or near-one totals are not repaired."
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          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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        "zh-Hant": "每個原分母須非零；分數約分並令分母正，不以小數近似。",
        "en": "Every original denominator must be nonzero.Reduce fractions to positive denominators without decimal approximation."
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      "reverse_audit": {
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        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "按本步已指定的角色逐項精確運算；保留符號、分母與原始配對。",
        "en": "Compute exactly with this step's specified roles,retaining signs,denominators and original pairings."
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        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "以精確有理數重算 transition row1 total，不以小數近似替代。",
          "en": "Recompute transition row1 total with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "非負與總和恰為1分開核；零權重合法，負數或接近1不自動修補。",
        "en": "Check nonnegativity and exact total one separately.Zero weights are allowed;negative weights or near-one totals are not repaired."
      },
      "reverse_audit": {
        "kind": "premise_and_result_audit",
        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "完整轉移表逐列非負且和1才合格；不以行和代替列和。固定時間齊次Markov模型，不推出平穩、遍歷或長期收斂。",
        "en": "Every complete row must be nonnegative with exact sum1;column sums are not the convention.This fixed time-homogeneous Markov model gives no stationary,ergodic or long-term convergence theorem."
      },
      "reverse_audit": {
        "kind": "premise_and_result_audit",
        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "給定起點的兩步轉移以所有中間狀態分割，時間齊次與Markov前提才允許兩轉移機率相乘；不是任意邊際獨立。",
        "en": "Partition the conditional two-step transition over every middle state.The declared homogeneous Markov premise permits these two transition factors;this is not independence of arbitrary marginals."
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      "reverse_audit": {
        "kind": "premise_and_result_audit",
        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "回到原始資料與本步條件核對，不把單向推論誤稱等價。",
          "en": "Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "按本步已指定的角色逐項精確運算；保留符號、分母與原始配對。",
        "en": "Compute exactly with this step's specified roles,retaining signs,denominators and original pairings."
      },
      "reverse_audit": {
        "kind": "premise_and_result_audit",
        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "以精確有理數重算 two-step middle0 term，不以小數近似替代。",
          "en": "Recompute two-step middle0 term with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "按本步已指定的角色逐項精確運算；保留符號、分母與原始配對。",
        "en": "Compute exactly with this step's specified roles,retaining signs,denominators and original pairings."
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      "reverse_audit": {
        "kind": "premise_and_result_audit",
        "explanation": {
          "zh-Hant": "以精確有理數重算 two-step middle1 term，不以小數近似替代。",
          "en": "Recompute two-step middle1 term with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals."
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      "explanation": {
        "zh-Hant": "按本步已指定的角色逐項精確運算；保留符號、分母與原始配對。",
        "en": "Compute exactly with this step's specified roles,retaining signs,denominators and original pairings."
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          "zh-Hant": "以精確有理數重算 two-step probability，不以小數近似替代。",
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