The reflection principle Posted on March 10, 2017 by admin Prove the following reflection principle. Let τa be the first passage time to a; then for every Brownian path w(t, ω1), t ≥ τa, there is another path, w(t, ω2), t ≥ τa, which is the mirror image of w(t, ω1) about the line La : w = a [199].