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,
The continuous analogue is the existing Reflection principle (Wiener process); its tail formula has no discrete one-unit lattice correction.
For and a positive integer ,
Exactly one term can be nonzero because has the parity of .

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