When absorbing states are present,each row of the transition matrix corresponding to an absorbing state will have a single 1 and all other probabilities will be 0.

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This is true because when a system enters an absorbing state, it remains in that state forever and there is no probability of transitioning to any other state. Therefore, the row corresponding to the absorbing state will have a 1 in that column and 0s in all other columns.

When Absorbing States Are Present,each Row of the Transition Matrix