International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2003 (2003), Issue 23, Pages 1433-1445
doi:10.1155/S0161171203209157

Linear neutral partial differential equations: a semigroup approach

Rainer Nagel and Nguyen Thieu Huy

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Funktionalanalysis (AGFA) Mathematisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, Auf der morgenstelle 10, Tübingen 72076, Germany

Received 17 September 2002

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Abstract

We study linear neutral PDEs of the form (∂/∂t)Fut=BFut+Φut, t≥0; u0(t)=φ(t), t≤0, where the function u(⋅) takes values in a Banach space X. Under appropriate conditions on the difference operator F and the delay operator Φ, we construct a C0-semigroup on C0(ℝ−,X) yielding the solutions of the equation.