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Example of a square stochastic matrix M (with non-negative entries) of odd size with an eigenvalue other than 1 on the unit circle

...or prove that none exists.

The matrix

0 1

1 0

is the obvious example when M can have size 2.

Note that M can't be primitive so there is at least one entry equal to zero in every power M^k (Perron-Frobenius).

Thank you.