# Stationary distribution (Markov Chains)
Last edited: 2026-02-05
Stationary distribution
For a Markov chain given by $P \in M_{N, N}(\mathbb{R})$, a stationary distribution is a probability distribution given by a vector $\pi \in M_{1,N}(\mathbb{R})$ (this is also a probability matrix ) such that
$$\pi P = \pi.$$