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Diagonalization & Matrix Powers · Superchallenge problem

A frog sits on one corner of a triangle. Every minute it stays put with probability 12\tfrac12 and jumps to each of the other two corners with probability 14\tfrac14. Find the probability that it is back on its starting corner after 55 minutes.