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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0752.00018.] The main result of this paper is contained in the following theorem: Suppose that: 1) the sequence of positive numbers \(a_ n\) is nonincreasing; 2) the nonincreasing function \(f\) is continuously differentiable on \([1,\infty)\) and \(f(n)=a_ n\), \(\forall n\in\mathbb{N}\); 3) the strictly positive function \(g\) is continuously differentiable on \([1,\infty)\) and the improper integral \(\int^ \infty_ 1{dx\over g(x)}\) is divergent. If \[ \varliminf_{x\to\infty}\left(-g(x){f'(x)\over f(x)}-g'(x)\right)>0 \] then the series \(\sum^ \infty_{n=1}a_ n\) converges. This theoretical result is used to establish concrete tests for the convergence of the series in the case when the ratio test fails, that is if \(\lim_{n\to\infty}a_{n+1}/a_ n=1\). These tests strengthen some known tests like those given by Raabe or Gauss.