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For simple random walk Sn with absorbing barriers at 0 and N, let W be the event that the particle is absorbed at 0

  

For simple random walk Sn with absorbing barriers at 0 and N, let W be the event that the particle is absorbed at 0 rather than at N, and let Pk = P (W|So = k). Show that, if the particle starts at k with 0

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