Convergence rates and precise asymptotics for renewal counting processes and some first passage times

2004 ◽  
pp. 205-227
Author(s):  
Allan Gut ◽  
Josef Steinebach
2012 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250007
Author(s):  
Si-Li Niu ◽  
Jong-Il Baek

In this paper, we establish one general result on precise asymptotics of weighted sums for i.i.d. random variables. As a corollary, we have the results of Lanzinger and Stadtmüller [Refined Baum–Katz laws for weighted sums of iid random variables, Statist. Probab. Lett. 69 (2004) 357–368], Gut and Spătaru [Precise asymptotics in the law of the iterated logarithm, Ann. Probab. 28 (2000) 1870–1883; Precise asymptotics in the Baum–Katz and Davis laws of large numbers, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 248 (2000) 233–246], Gut and Steinebach [Convergence rates and precise asymptotics for renewal counting processes and some first passage times, Fields Inst. Comm. 44 (2004) 205–227] and Heyde [A supplement to the strong law of large numbers, J. Appl. Probab. 12 (1975) 173–175]. Meanwhile, we provide an answer for the possible conclusion pointed out by Lanzinger and Stadtmüller [Refined Baum–Katz laws for weighted sums of iid random variables, Statist. Probab. Lett. 69 (2004) 357–368].


1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
SVEN ERICK ALM ◽  
JOHN C. WIERMAN

A simple geometric argument establishes an inequality between the sums of two pairs of first-passage times. This result is used to prove monotonicity, convexity and concavity results for first-passage times with cylinder and half-space restrictions.


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