On exponential stability of contraction semigroups

A semigroup [T(t)] on a Hilbert space is exponentially stable if there exist real constants M≥1 and α>0 such that ∥T(t)∥≤Me ^−αt for every t≥0. If [T(t)] is a strongly continuous contraction semigroup, then it is proved that we can set M=1 in the definition of exponential stability if and only if the generator A of [T(t)] is boundedly strict dissipative (just a strict dissipative A is not enough).