Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2016
Equivalence of rates of convergence in the central limit theorem between the vector of maximum sums and the corresponding first-passage variables is established. The bivariate case is studied. Analogous results about the equivalence between the vector of partial sums and corresponding renewal variables are also given and as a consequence we obtain a generalization of a theorem of Hunter (1974). Extension of the main result to more general first-passage times is also developed.