TITLE: Doubly stochastic matrix proof
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: A transition matrix $P$ is said to be doubly stochastic if the sum
  over each column equals one, that is $\sum_i P_{ij}=1\space\forall i$.
  If such a chain is irreducible and aperiodic and consists of $M+1$
  states $0,1,\dots,M$ show that the limiting probabilities are given by
  $$\pi_j=\frac{1}{1+M},j=0,1,\dots,M$$

I have no idea how to prove it but

If a chain is irreducible then all states communicate i.e $$P_{ij}>0\space \text{and}\space P_{ji}>0\space\forall i,j$$
If $d$ denotes the period of any state, if a chain is irreducible aperiodic, then $d(i)=1\forall i$

If $P_{(M+1)\times (M+1)}$ matrix and $\pi$ is the stationary distribution 
$$\pi_j=\sum_iP_{ij}\pi_i\space j=0,1,\dots,M+1$$
but how I can get this expression?

REPLY [2 votes]: We first must note that $\pi_j$ is the unique solution to $\pi_j=\sum \limits_{i=0}^M \pi_i P_{ij}$ and $\sum \limits_{i=0}\pi_i=1$ ...$(\star)$
Again, since doubly stochastic, $\sum \limits_{i=0}^M P_{ij}=1$.
From, $\pi_j=\sum \limits_{i=0}^M \pi_i P_{ij}$ and $\sum \limits_{i=0}^M P_{ij}=1$, we can get, $1-\pi_j=\sum \limits_{i=0}^M (1-\pi_i) P_{ij}$ or, $\dfrac{1-\pi_j}{M}=\sum \limits_{i=0}^M \dfrac{(1-\pi_i)}{M} P_{ij}$. This implies $\Big( \dfrac{1-\pi_0^*}{M},\dfrac{1-\pi_1^*}{M},\dots,\dfrac{1-\pi_M^*}{M}\Big)$ is also a solution if $(\pi_0^*,\pi_1^*,\dots, \pi_M^*)$ is a solution of $(\star)$. Because of uniqueness, we get $$\dfrac{1-\pi_j}{M}=\pi_j\Rightarrow \pi_j=\dfrac{1}{M+1},\forall j$$