Decompositions of a Krein space in regular subspaces invariant under a uniformly bounded C0-semigroup of bi-contractions

We give necessary and sufficient conditions under which a C₀-semigroup of bi-contractions on a Krein space is similar to a semigroup of contractions on a Hilbert space. Under these and additional conditions we obtain direct sum decompositions of the Krein space into invariant regular subspaces and we describe the behavior of the semigroup on each of these summands. In the last section we give sufficient conditions for the co-generator of the semigroup to be power bounded.     

Impulsive problems for semilinear differential equations with nonlocal conditions

This paper is concerned with the existence of impulsive semilinear differential equations with nonlocal conditions. Using the technique of fixed point theory, existence results are obtained, for mild solutions, when the nonlocal item is Lipschitz, is not Lipschitz and not compact, respectively.     

Circular spectrum and bounded solutions of periodic evolution equations

We consider the existence and uniqueness of bounded solutions of periodic evolution equations of the form u^′=A(t)u+?H(t,u)+f(t), where A(t) is, in general, an unbounded operator depending 1-periodically on t, H is 1-periodic in t, ? is small, and f is a bounded and continuous function that is not necessarily uniformly continuous. We propose a new approach to the spectral theory of functions via the concept of “circular spectrum” and then apply it to study the linear equations u^′=A(t)u+f(t) with general conditions on f. For small ? we show that the perturbed equation inherits some properties of the linear unperturbed one. The main results extend recent results in the direction, saying that if the unitary spectrum of the monodromy operator does not intersect the circular spectrum of f, then the evolution equation has a unique mild solution with its circular spectrum contained in the circular spectrum of f.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Superscript>∞</Superscript>-calculus for Products of Non-Commuting operators

It is shown that the product of two sectorial operators A and B admits a bounded H^∞-calculus on a Banach space X provided suitable commutator estimates and Kalton-Weis type assumptions on A and B are satisfied.     

Existence of nondensely defined evolution equations with nonlocal conditions

This paper is concerned with the existence for nondensely defined evolution equations with nonlocal conditions. Using the techniques of fixed point theory and approximate solutions, existence results are obtained, for integral solutions, when the nonlocal item is Lipschitz continuous or continuous, respectively. Examples are also given to illustrate our results.     

Existence results of semilinear differential equations with nonlocal initial conditions in Banach spaces

In this paper, we establish the existence results for semilinear differential systems with nonlocal initial conditions in Banach spaces. The approaches used are fixed point theorems combined with convex-power condensing operators. The first result obtained will be applied to a class of semilinear parabolic equations.     

The Kneser Property for the Second Order Functional Abstract Cauchy Problem

In this work we establish existence of mild solutions for a class of abstract semi-linear functional differential equations of second order and we prove that the set consisting of the mild solutions for these problems is connected.     

The Dichotomy Theorem for evolution bi-families

We prove that the operator G, the closure of the first-order differential operator −d/dt+D(t) on L₂(R,X), is Fredholm if and only if the not well-posed equation u^′(t)=D(t)u(t), t∈R, has exponential dichotomies on R₊ and R₋ and the ranges of the dichotomy projections form a Fredholm pair; moreover, the index of this pair is equal to the Fredholm index of G. Here X is a Hilbert space, D(t)=A+B(t), A is the generator of a bi-semigroup, B(⋅) is a bounded piecewise strongly continuous operator-valued function. Also, we prove some perturbations results and consider various examples of not well-posed problems.     

Abstract quasilinear equations of second order with Wentzell boundary conditions

We introduce a general framework to treat abstract quasilinear equations of second order with Wentzell boundary conditions. As an example we study a wave equation for a second order quasilinear differential operator on with Wentzell boundary conditions.     

Multiplicative perturbations of constant-domain evolution equations

I prove a variation-of-constants formula and an existence theorem for multiplicative perturbations of nonautonomous linear equations, in the constant-domain, nonparabolic case (CD-systems).We use the properties of the evolution process generated by a CD-system: in particular an estimate of the integral product of the process with the perturbation term, taken in the constant Favard class of the CD-system. Using the extrapolation spaces and an extension of U(t, s) we are able to define a mild solution and to prove a corresponding existence and regularity theorem.As application I treat a size-structured population equation. (This paper was written with the financial support of the CNR (Italy).)     

Fractional equations and generalizations of Schaefer’s and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorems

We study a fractional differential equation of Caputo type by first transforming it into an integral equation with an L¹[0,∞)$L^1[0,\infty )$ kernel and then applying fixed point theory of Banach and Schauder type using a weighted norm to avoid stringent compactness conditions. It becomes clear that tedious construction of mapping sets and boundedness conditions can be avoided if we use fixed point theorems of Schaefer and Krasnoselskii type. The weighted norm then produces open sets so large that it is difficult to show that mappings are compact. This then leads us to generalize both Schaefer’s and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorems which yield simple and direct qualitative results for the fractional differential equations. The weight, g$g$, yields compactness, but it does much more. The generalized fixed point theorems now yield growth properties of the solutions of the fractional differential equations.     

Fredholm operators,evolution semigroups,and periodic solutions of nonlinear periodic systems

Let X be a Banach space and L the generator of the evolution semigroup associated with the τ  -periodic evolutionary process _{{U(t,s)}t≥s}${\{U(t,s)\}}_{t\ge s}$ on the space _Pτ(X)$P_{\tau }(X)$ of all τ-periodic continuous X  -valued functions. We give criteria for the existence of periodic solutions to nonlinear systems of the form Lp=−?F(p,?)$Lp=-?F(p,?)$ under the condition that 1 is a normal eigenvalue of the monodromy operator U(τ,0)$U(\tau ,0)$. The proof is based on a new decomposition of the space _Pτ(X)$P_{\tau }(X)$ by constructing a right inverse of L.     

The existence problem for a nonlinear Abel equation on the half-line

We discuss a nonlinear Abel equation on the half-line (−∞,c), c>0. The basic results provide criteria for the existence of nontrivial everywhere positive solutions. They are expressed in terms of the generalized Osgood condition.     

Maximal regularity of second-order equations with delay

We characterize existence and uniqueness of solutions of an inhomogeneous abstract delay equation in Hölder spaces. The method is based on the theory of operator-valued Fourier multipliers.     

On nonlinear distributional and impulsive Cauchy problems

In this paper, existence results are derived for the unique, smallest, greatest, minimal and maximal solutions of nonlinear distributional Cauchy problems. Dependence of solutions on the data is also studied. The obtained results are applied to impulsive differential equations. Main tools are fixed point results in function spaces and recently introduced concepts of regulated and continuous primitive integrals of distributions.     

A q-linear analogue of the plane wave expansion

We obtain a q-linear analogue of Gegenbauer?s expansion of the plane wave. It is expanded in terms of the little q-Gegenbauer polynomials and the third Jackson q-Bessel function. The result is obtained by using a method based on bilinear biorthogonal expansions.     

The Laplacian on $$ C(\overline \Omega) $$ with generalized Wentzell boundary conditions

In this note we prove that the Laplacian with generalized Wentzell boundary conditions on an open bounded regular domain in defined by generates an analytic semigroup of angle on for every > 0 and (for the definition of cf. (1.3)).Received: 13 July 2002     

Convex hypersurfaces and L estimates for Schrödinger equations

This paper is concerned with Schrödinger equations whose principal operators are homogeneous elliptic. When the corresponding level hypersurface is convex, we show the L^p-L^q estimate of the solution operator in the free case. This estimate, combined with the results of fractionally integrated groups, allows us to further obtain the L^p estimate of solutions for the initial data belonging to a dense subset of L^p in the case of integrable potentials.