Conditions for the invertibility of a left stochastic matrix.

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Say we have two random variables $X$, $Y$. They are discrete variables (or discretization of continuous variables), both with $k$ categories. Define the left stochastic matrix as $P(X|Y)_{ij}:=p(x_i|y_j)$ with shape $k \times k$.

My question is what's the equivalent condition for $P(X|Y)$ to be invertible? Does the invertibility need any constraints on the probability distribution of $p(x)$, $p(y)$, or $p(x,y)$?

I found some similar questions here and here. However, neither of them answers my question.

References, if any, are appreciated.