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Han-Ying Liang

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Some Results on the Central Limit Theorem for Subsequences in Banach Spaces

Let $\{X, X_{n}; n \geq 1 \}$ be a sequence of i.i.d. $\mathbf{B}$-valued random variables and set $S_{n} = \sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i},~n \geq 1$. This note is devoted to study the classical central limitr theorem for subsequences of sums of i.i.d. $\mathbf{B}$-valued random variables. We show that, under the assumption that $\mathbf{B}$ is of cotype $2$ space, $\left(\frac{S_{n}}{\sqrt{n}} \right)_{n \geq 1}$ converges weakly if and only if $\left(\frac{S_{m_{n}}}{\sqrt{{m_{n}}}} \right)_{n \geq 1}$ converges weakly for a subsequence $\{m_{n}; ~n \geq 1\}$ of positive integers. We conjecture that this result is false if $\mathbf{B}$ is not of cotype $2$ space. In addition, we show that, if $\left(\frac{S_{m_{n}}}{\sqrt{{m_{n}}}} \right)_{n \geq 1}$ converges weakly for a subsequence $\{m_{n}; ~n \geq 1\}$ of positive integers. and $\left(\frac{S_{n}}{\sqrt{n}} \right)_{n \geq 1}$ does not converge weakly, then $\displaystyle \left(S_{n}/a_{n} \right)_{n \geq 1}$ does not converge weakly to a non-degenerate probability measure for any sequence $\{a_{n}; n \geq 1 \}$ of positive real numbers.

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An Extension of Feller's Strong Law of Large Numbers

~This paper presents a general result that allows for establishing a link between the Kolmogorov-Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund strong law of large numbers and Feller's strong law of large numbers in a Banach space setting. Let $\{X, X_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ be a sequence of independent and identically distributed Banach space valued random variables and set $S_{n} = \sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i},~n \geq 1$. Let $\{a_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ and $\{b_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ be increasing sequences of positive real numbers such that $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_{n} = \infty$ and $\left\{b_{n}/a_{n};~ n \geq 1 \right\}$ is a nondecreasing sequence. We show that \[ \frac{S_{n}- n \mathbb{E}\left(XI\{\|X\| \leq b_{n} \} \right)}{b_{n}} \rightarrow 0~~\mbox{almost surely} \] for every Banach space valued random variable $X$ with $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P}(\|X\| > b_{n}) < \infty$ if $S_{n}/a_{n} \rightarrow 0$ almost surely for every symmetric Banach space valued random variable $X$ with $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P}(\|X\| > a_{n}) < \infty$. To establish this result, we invoke two tools (obtained recently by Li, Liang, and Rosalsky): a symmetrization procedure for the strong law of large numbers and a probability inequality for sums of independent Banach space valued random variables.

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A probability inequality for sums of independent Banach space valued random variables

Let $(\mathbf{B}, \|\cdot\|)$ be a real separable Banach space. Let $φ(\cdot)$ and $ψ(\cdot)$ be two continuous and increasing functions defined on $[0, \infty)$ such that $φ(0) = ψ(0) = 0$, $\lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} φ(t) = \infty$, and $\frac{ψ(\cdot)}{φ(\cdot)}$ is a nondecreasing function on $[0, \infty)$. Let $\{V_{n};~n \geq 1 \}$ be a sequence of independent and symmetric {\bf B}-valued random variables. In this note, we establish a probability inequality for sums of independent {\bf B}-valued random variables by showing that for every $n \geq 1$ and all $t \geq 0$, \[ \mathbb{P}\left(\left\|\sum_{i=1}^{n} V_{i} \right\| > t b_{n} \right) \leq 4 \mathbb{P} \left(\left\|\sum_{i=1}^{n} φ\left(ψ^{-1}(\|V_{i}\|)\right) \frac{V_{i}}{\|V_{i}\|} \right\| > t a_{n} \right) + \sum_{i=1}^{n}\mathbb{P}\left(\|V_{i}\| > b_{n} \right), \] where $a_{n} = φ(n)$ and $b_{n} = ψ(n)$, $n \geq 1$. As an application of this inequality, we establish what we call a comparison theorem for the weak law of large numbers for independent and identically distributed ${\bf B}$-valued random variables.

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A comparison theorem for the law of large numbers in Banach spaces

Let $(\mathbf{B}, \|\cdot\|)$ be a real separable Banach space. Let $\{X, X_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ be a sequence of i.i.d. {\bf B}-valued random variables and set $S_{n} = \sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i},~n \geq 1$. Let $\{a_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ and $\{b_{n}; n \geq 1\}$ be increasing sequences of positive real numbers such that $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_{n} = \infty$ and $\left\{b_{n}/a_{n};~ n \geq 1 \right\}$ is a nondecreasing sequence. In this paper, we provide a comparison theorem for the law of large numbers for i.i.d. {\bf B}-valued random variables. That is, we show that $\displaystyle \frac{S_{n}- n \mathbb{E}\left(XI\{\|X\| \leq b_{n} \} \right)}{b_{n}} \rightarrow 0$ almost surely (resp. in probability) for every {\bf B}-valued random variable $X$ with $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P}(\|X\| > b_{n}) < \infty$ (resp. $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}n\mathbb{P}(\|X\| > b_{n}) = 0$) if $S_{n}/a_{n} \rightarrow 0$ almost surely (resp. in probability) for every symmetric {\bf B}-valued random variable $X$ with $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P}(\|X\| > a_{n}) < \infty$ (resp. $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}n\mathbb{P}(\|X\| > a_{n}) = 0$). To establish this comparison theorem for the law of large numbers, we invoke two tools: 1) a comparison theorem for sums of independent {\bf B}-valued random variables and, 2) a symmetrization procedure for the law of large numbers for sums of independent {\bf B}-valued random variables. A few consequences of our main results are provided.

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Complete moment and integral convergence for sums of negatively associated random variables

For a sequence of identically distributed negatively associated random variables $\{X_n; n\geq 1\}$ with partial sums $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i, n\geq 1$, refinements are presented of the classical Baum-Katz and Lai complete convergence theorems. More specifically, necessary and sufficient moment conditions are provided for complete moment convergence of the form $$ \sum_{n \ge n_0} n^{r -2 -\frac{1}{pq}} a_n E(\max_{1 \le k \le n}|S_k|^{\frac{1}{q}} - εb_n^{\frac{1}{pq}})^+ < \infty $$ to hold where $r>1, q>0$ and either $n_0=1, 0<p<2, a_n=1, b_n=n$ or $n_0=3, p=2, a_n=(\log n)^{-\frac{1}{2q}}, b_n=n\log n$. These results extend results of Chow (1988) and Li and Spătaru (2005) from the independent and identically distributed case to the identically distributed negatively associated setting. The complete moment convergence is also shown to be equivalent to a form of complete integral convergence.

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