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2.7 Evolutionary integral equations<br />

Let X be a Banach space, A a closed linear, but in general unbounded operator in X<br />

<strong>with</strong> dense domain D(A), and a ∈ L1, loc(R+) a scalar kernel of subexponential growth<br />

which is not identically zero. We consider the Volterra equation<br />

u(t) +<br />

� t<br />

0<br />

a(t − s)Au(s) ds = f(t), t ≥ 0, (2.26)<br />

where f : R+ → X is a given function, strongly measurable and locally integrable, at<br />

least. Observe that in case a(t) ≡ 1 and f differentiable, (2.26) is equivalent to the<br />

Cauchy problem<br />

˙u(t) + Au(t) = ˙<br />

f(t), t ≥ 0, u(0) = f(0).<br />

Following Prüss [66] (see also [63, Def. 3.1]), we call (2.26) <strong>parabolic</strong> if â(λ) �= 0 for<br />

Re λ > 0, −1/â(λ) ∈ ρ(A), and there is a constant M > 0 such that<br />

|(I + â(λ)A) −1 | ≤ M for Re λ > 0.<br />

If A belongs to the class S(X) <strong>with</strong> spectral angle φA, and a is θa-sectorial, then (2.26)<br />

is <strong>parabolic</strong> provided that θA + φA < π, cf. [63, Prop. 3.1].<br />

An important property of <strong>parabolic</strong> Volterra equations consists in that they admit<br />

bounded resolvents whenever the kernel a is 1-regular, see [63, Thm 3.1]. By a resolvent<br />

for (2.26) we mean a family {S(t)}t≥0 of bounded linear operators in X which satisfy<br />

the following <strong>conditions</strong>:<br />

(S1) S(t) is strongly continuous on R+ and S(0) = I;<br />

(S2) S(t)D(A) ⊂ D(A) and AS(t)x = S(t)Ax for all x ∈ D(A), t ≥ 0;<br />

(S3) S(t)x + A(a ∗ Sx)(t) = x, for all x ∈ X, t ≥ 0.<br />

(S3) is called resolvent equation, cf. [63, Def. 1.3, Prop. 1.1]. One can show that (2.26)<br />

admits at most one resolvent, and if it exists, then (2.26) has a unique mild solution u<br />

represented by the variation of parameters formula<br />

u(t) = d<br />

dt<br />

� t<br />

0<br />

S(t − s)f(s) ds, t ≥ 0, (2.27)<br />

at least for such f for which (2.27) is meaningful, see [63, Section 1.1 and 1.2].<br />

2.8 Volterra operators in Lp<br />

This paragraph looks at convolution operators in Lp which are associated to a K-kernel.<br />

After stating two fundamental theorems from the monograph Prüss [63] on the inversion<br />

of the convolution in Lp(R; X), we will consider restrictions of it to Lp(J; X) and<br />

use them to introduce equivalent norms for the vector-valued Bessel-potential spaces<br />

H α p (J; X). We will also study operators of the form (I − a∗) in these spaces. Such<br />

operators occur in connection <strong>with</strong> transformations of Volterra equations.<br />

For J = [0, T ] and J = R+, we identify in the sequel Lp(J; X) <strong>with</strong> the subspace<br />

{f ∈ Lp(R; X) : supp f ⊆ R+} of Lp(R; X).<br />

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