The d-dimensional Hardy spaces H-p (T-d1 x ... x T-dk) (d = d(1) + ... + d(
k)) and a general summability method of Fourier series and Fourier transfor
ms are introduced with the help of integrable functions theta (j) having in
tegrable Fourier transforms. Under some conditions on theta (j) we show tha
t the maximal operator of the theta -means of a distribution is bounded fro
m H-p (T-d1 x ... x T-dk) to L-p (T-d) where p(0) < p < infinity and p(0) <
1 is depending only on the functions theta (j). By an interpolation theore
m we get that the maximal operator is also of weak type (H-1(#i), L-1) (i =
1, ... , k) where the Hardy space H-1(#i) is defined by a hybrid maximal f
unction and H-1(#i) = L-1 if k = 1. As a consequence we obtain that the the
ta -means of a function integral is an element of H-1(#i) superset of L(log
L)(k-1) converge a. e. to the function in question. If k = 1 then we get t
his convergence result for all integral is an element of L-1. Moreover, we
prove that the theta -means are uniformly bounded on the spaces H-p (T-d1 x
... x T-dk) whenever p(0) < p < infinity, thus the theta -means converge t
o integral in H-p (T-d1 x ... x T-dk) norm. The same results are proved for
the conjugate theta -means and for d-dimensional Fourier transforms, too.
Some special cases of the theta -summation are considered, such as the Weie
rstrass, Picar, Bessel, Fejer, Riemann, de La Vallee-Poussin, Rogosinski an
d Riesz summations.