Maximal generalization of Baum-Katz theorem and optimality of sequential tests
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Authors: Didier Piau 
Publication date: 3 October 2005
Abstract: Baum-Katz theorem asserts that the Cesaro means of i.i.d. increments distributed like X r-converge if and only if |X|^{r+1} is integrable. We generalize this, and we unify other results, by proving that the following equivalence holds, if and only if G is moderate: the Cesaro means G-converge if and only if G(L(a)) is integrable for every a if and only if |X|.G(|X|) is integrable. Here, L(a) is the last time when the deviation of the Cesaro mean from its limit exceeds a, and G-convergence is the analogue of r-convergence. This solves a question about the asymptotic optimality of Wald's sequential tests.
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