Let X be a Banach space with a basis. We prove that X is reflexive if and only if every power-bounded linear operator T satisfies Browder’s equality $x\in X:su{p}_n\left|\right|{\sum }_{k=1}^n{T}^{k}x\left|\right|<\infty$ = (I-T)X$.$We then deduce that X (with a basis) is reflexive if and only if every strongly continuous bounded semigroup $T_t:t\ge 0$ with generator A satisfies $AX=x\in X:su{p}_{s>0}\left|\right|{\int }_0^s{T}_{t}xdt\left|\right|<\infty$. The range (I-T)X (respectively, AX for continuous time) is the space of x ∈ X for which Poisson’s equation (I-T)y = x (Ay = x in continuous time) has a solution y ∈ X; the above equalities for the ranges...

A bounded linear operator T defined on a Banach space X is said to be supercyclic if there exists a vector x ∈ X such that the projective orbit {λTⁿx : λ ∈ ℂ, n ∈ ℕ} is dense in X. The aim of this survey is to show the relationship between positivity and supercyclicity. This relationship comes from the so called Positive Supercyclicity Theorem. Throughout this exposition, interesting new directions and open problems will appear.

We develop potential-theoretical methods in the construction of measure-valued branching processes.We complete results of P. J. Fitzsimmons and E. B. Dynkin on the construction, regularity and other properties of the superprocess associated with a given right process and a branching mechanism.

Firstly, we give extensions of results of Gelfand, Esterle and Katznelson--Tzafriri on power-bounded operators. Secondly, some results and questions relating to power-bounded elements in the unitization of a commutative radical Banach algebra are discussed.

We characterize the Banach space operators T whose arithmetic means ${n^{-1}(I+T+...+T^{n-1})}_{n\ge 1}$ form a precompact set in the operator norm topology. This occurs if and only if the sequence ${n^{-1}{T}^n}_{n\ge 1}$ is precompact and the point 1 is at most a simple pole of the resolvent of T. Equivalent geometric conditions are also obtained.

In this work, we present a new concept of Stepanov weighted pseudo almost periodic and automorphic functions which is more generale than the classical one, and we obtain a new existence result of μ-pseudo almost periodic and μ-pseudo almost automorphic mild solutions for some nonautonomous evolution equations with Stepanov μ-pseudo almost periodic terms. An example is shown to illustrate our results.

One way to represent the generator of a Markov process is given by pseudo differential operators. Above all this is due to the fact that the generator satisfies the so-called positive maximum principle (...).

For any pair E,F of pseudotopological vector spaces, we endow the space L(E,F) of all continuous linear operators from E into F with a pseudotopology such that, if G is a pseudotopological space, then the mapping L(E,F) × L(F,G) ∋ (f,g) → gf ∈ L(E,G) is continuous. We use this pseudotopology to establish a result about differentiability of certain operator-valued functions related with strongly continuous one-parameter semigroups in Banach spaces, to characterize von Neumann algebras, and to establish...

On établit un calcul opérationnel, pour les fonctions $f\left(z\right)=(-z{)}^{\alpha }$, sur la classe des opérateurs générateurs de semi-groupe distribution régulier : ainsi, pour un opérateur $A$ de cette classe, sont construits des opérateurs $(-A{)}^{\alpha }$ vérifiant $(-A{)}^{\alpha }(-A{)}^{\beta }=(-A{)}^{\alpha +\beta }$. Ces opérateurs engendrent un semi-groupe distribution holomorphe $U_{\alpha }$ généralement non régulier. La majeure partie de l’article porte sur l’étude de la régularité de $U_{\alpha }$, et des propriétés spectrales de $(-A{)}^{\alpha }$. On caractérise, par leur propriétés spectrales, les opérateurs $A$ pour lesquels...

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 classify generators of quantum Markov semigroups on (h), with h finite-dimensional and with a faithful normal invariant state ρ satisfying the standard quantum detailed balance condition with an anti-unitary time reversal θ commuting with ρ, namely $tr\left({\rho }^{1/2}x{\rho }_t^{1/2}\left(y\right)\right)=tr({\rho }^{1/2}\theta y*\theta {\rho }_t^{1/2}(\theta x*\theta ))$ for all x,y ∈ and t ≥ 0. Our results also show that it is possible to find a standard form for the operators in the Lindblad representation of the generators extending the standard form of generators of quantum Markov semigroups satisfying the usual quantum...