Evolution Problems involving non-stationary Operators between two Banach Spaces I. Existence and Uniqueness Theorems

Synopsis

(for ‘Evolution Problems involving non-stationary Operators between two Banach Spaces I-II)

In this series of two papers the initial-value problem [B(t)u(t)' = A(t)u(t), Bu(0) = y, with A = A(t) and B = B(t) time-varying operators from one Banach space X to another Banach space Y, and y an arbitrary element of Y, is considered. By making use of the theory of B-evolutions and by integrating certain temporally inhomogeneous equations, a unique solution is obtained for any y in Y. The solution is formulated explicitly in terms of a certain solution operator which involves the B(t)-evolution generated by the closed pair >A(t),B(t)< of operators. Certain properties of the solution operator are also studied. The well-known results, obtained by making use of semigroup theory, for the evolution problem [u(t)]' = A(t)u(t), u(0) = u₀, where A is a closed operator in a Banach space with dense domain, may also be derived from our results.