Institution: | Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita' di Bologna, Piazza di Porta S.Donato, 5 40127 Bologna, Italy ; CERI, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 ; Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 ; Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita' di Bari, via E.Orabona, 4 70125 Bari, Italy |
Abstract: | Let us consider the operator where is positive and continuous in and is equipped with the so-called generalized Wentzell boundary condition which is of the form at each boundary point, where This class of boundary conditions strictly includes Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin conditions. Under suitable assumptions on , we prove that generates a positive -semigroup on and, hence, many previous (linear or nonlinear) results are extended substantially. |