v. SENATOV (Represented by V. M. Zolotarev) (Translated by V. V. Sazonov) Consider independent and identically distributed random variables X1, X2, with values in the Hilbert space 12. Assume that E X1 0 and E IX 2 < , where I" is the norm in 12. Denote by P the distribution of X1 and by Pn the distribution of Zn (X /... / Xn)n-/2. Let a 2, a22,.., be the eigenvalues of the covariance operator B of P, which we may assume, without loss of generality, to be ordered: a 2 _> a _> and let Af be the normal law with mean zero and covariance operator B. Furthermore, let SR(a) (x: Ixal <_ R} be the ball with radius R and center at a in/2; Cs Cs(P, Af) where Cs(', ") are the ideal metrics introduced by Zolotarev; / tt(P, Af), where tt(., .) is the uniform distance with respect to 2 be the trace of B. the class of convex Borel sets in /2; s f IXl P(dx) < cx; a 2 -]i=1 tri The distribution P may be degenerate in 12. The changes needed in this case in the estimates presented below are quite obvious. We are interested in bounds for ", o) Besides An we shall consider also the distances and pR(Pn, Jf) sup {An(P, r, a): a e/2, r <_ R} Put pd(pn, Af)= sup {An(P, r, a): lal _< d, _> 0}, d>O.Ai Ai(n) a2nl/2 -nl/-----, i-e e(R, n) (R33n-1/2) 1/6 i--1, 2..., 5(R, n) (Rln-1/2)1/2, and fix some (large enough) number -> 0; c, ci (ci _> 1) will denote constants and c(a, b,...) quantities depending only on a, b, THEOREM 1. For any R