Reflection principle for simple symmetric random walk

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Reflection principle for simple symmetric random walk by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Let be a simple symmetric random walk, let be its first hitting time of the positive integer , and reverse every increment after . The resulting path is again a simple symmetric random walk. Consequently,

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