In a finite state Markov Chain , show that there exists $M>0$ and $0<\lambda<1$ such that for all the transient states $i$ and $j$ , we have $$p_{ij}^{(n)}\le M\lambda^n$$
I guess $\lambda$ should be something like $\max\limits_{i,j\in S}p_{ij}$ (I might be wrong) , but I have no clue abut $M$.
$S$ is set of transient states