The Banach algebra generated by a C0-semigroup

Let $\mathbf{T}={\{T(t)\}}_{t?0}$ be a bounded $C_0$-semigroup on a Banach space with generator A. We define $A_{\mathbf{T}}$ as the closure with respect to the operator-norm topology of the set $\{\stackrel{?}{f}(\mathbf{T}):f\in L^1({\mathbb{R}}_{+})\}$, where $\stackrel{?}{f}(\mathbf{T})={\int }_0^{\infty }f(t)T(t)\mathrm{d}t$ is the Laplace transform of $f\in L^1({\mathbb{R}}_{+})$ with respect to the semigroup T. Then $A_{\mathbf{T}}$ is a commutative Banach algebra. It is shown that if the unitary spectrum $\sigma (A)\cap \mathrm{i}\mathbb{R}$ of A is at most countable, then the Gelfand transform of $S\in A_{\mathbf{T}}$ vanishes on $\sigma (A)\cap \mathrm{i}\mathbb{R}$ if and only if, ${\lim }_{t\to \infty }6T(t)S6=0$. Some applications to the semisimplicity problem are given. To cite this article: H. Mustafayev, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 342 (2006).