On the (p,q)$(p,q)$-type strong law of large numbers for sequences of independent random variables

Li, Qi, and Rosalsky (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 368 (2016), no. 1, 539–561) introduced a refinement of the Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund strong law of large numbers (SLLN), the so-called $(p,q)$-type SLLN, where and $q>0$. They obtained sets of necessary and sufficient conditions for this new type SLLN for two cases: , $q>p$, and . Results for the case where and remain open problems. This paper gives a complete solution to these problems. We consider random variables taking values in a real separable Banach space $\mathbf{B}$, but the results are new even when $\mathbf{B}$ is the real line. Furthermore, the conditions for a sequence of random variables -type SLLN are shown to provide an exact characterization of stable type p Banach spaces.