A two-sided sequence ${\left(cₙ\right)}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}$ with values in a complex unital Banach algebra is a cosine sequence if it satisfies $c_{n+m}+c_{n-m}=2cₙcₘ$ for any n,m ∈ ℤ with c₀ equal to the unity of the algebra. A cosine sequence ${\left(cₙ\right)}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}$ is bounded if $su{p}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}\left|\right|cₙ\left|\right|<\infty$. A (bounded) group decomposition for a cosine sequence $c={\left(cₙ\right)}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}$ is a representation of c as $cₙ=(bⁿ+b^{-n})/2$ for every n ∈ ℤ, where b is an invertible element of the algebra (satisfying $su{p}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}\left|\right|bⁿ\left|\right|<\infty$, respectively). It is known that every bounded cosine sequence possesses a universally defined group decomposition, the so-called...

Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space and $A$ be a closed operator in an $L_1$-space of $X$-valued functions. Then we characterize the range $R\left(A\right)$ of $A$ as follows. Let $0\ne {\lambda }_n\in \rho \left(A\right)$ for all $1\le n<\infty$, where $\rho \left(A\right)$ denotes the resolvent set of $A$, and assume that ${lim}_{n\to \infty }{\lambda }_n=0$ and ${sup}_{n\ge 1}\parallel {\lambda }_n{({\lambda }_n-A)}^{-1}\parallel <\infty$. Furthermore, assume that there exists ${\lambda }_{\infty }\in \rho \left(A\right)$ such that $\parallel {\lambda }_{\infty }{({\lambda }_{\infty }-A)}^{-1}\parallel \le 1$. Then $f\in R\left(A\right)$ is equivalent to ${sup}_{n\ge 1}{\parallel {({\lambda }_n-A)}^{-1}f\parallel }_1<\infty$. This generalizes Shaw’s result for scalar-valued functions.

We apply functional analytical and variational methods in order to study well-posedness and qualitative properties of evolution equations on product Hilbert spaces. To this aim we introduce an algebraic formalism for matrices of sesquilinear mappings. We apply our results to parabolic problems of different nature: a coupled diffusive system arising in neurobiology, a strongly damped wave equation, and a heat equation with dynamic boundary conditions.

We give some theorems on continuity and differentiability with respect to (h,t) of the solution of a second order evolution problem with parameter $h\in \Omega \subset {ℝ}^m$. Our main tool is the theory of strongly continuous cosine families of linear operators in Banach spaces.

The spectral structure of the infinitesimal generator of a strongly continuous cosine function of linear bounded operators is investigated, under assumptions on the almost periodic behaviour of applications generated, in various ways, by C. Moreover, a first approach is presented to the analysis of connection between cosine functions and dynamical systems.

We extend some recent results for regularized semigroups to strongly continuous n-times integrated C-cosine operator functions. Several equivalent conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions of (ACP${}_2$) are also presented.

A condition on a family $B\left(t\right):t\in [0,T]$ of linear operators is given under which the inhomogeneous Cauchy problem for u"(t)=(A+ B(t))u(t) + f(t) for t ∈ [0,T] has a unique solution, where A is a linear operator satisfying the conditions characterizing infinitesimal generators of cosine families except the density of their domains. The result obtained is applied to the partial differential equation $$u_{tt}=u_{xx}+b(t,x)u_x(t,x)+c(t,x)u(t,x)+f(t,x)for(t,x)\in [0,T]\times [0,1],u(t,0)=u(t,1)=0fort\in [0,T],u(0,x)=u_0\left(x\right),u_t(0,x)=v_0\left(x\right)forx\in [0,1]$$ in the space of continuous functions on [0,1].