From state2 the chain moves to1 with certainty. From1 it returns to2 with probability0.7 or to0 with0.3; both0 and2 next return to1. Thus at every positive even time, state2 has probability0.7 given the starting state2. The even-time limit is0.7 despite the chain’s period2.
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