Abstract:
In the first part of this work we are concerned with the Cauchy
problem for higher order evolution equations $(ACP_n)$ in a Banach space X.
In Chapter 1 we introduce a new operator family of bounded linear
operators from another Banach space Y to X, called an existence family for
$(ACP_n)$, to study the existence and continuous dependence on
initial data of the solutions of $(ACP_n)$ and its inhomogeneous
version $(IACP_n)$, and obtain some basic results in a quite
general setting. Chapter 2 is intended to establish Desch-Schappacher type
multiplicative and additive perturbation theorems for existence
families for $(ACP_n)$ (with $A_1=...=A_{n-1}=0$). In the second
part of the work, we investigate the dynamic boundary value problems
of first or second order.
Chapter 3 presents a solution to an open problem put forward by A.
Favini, G. R. Goldstein, J. A. Goldstein and S. Romanelli [34],
concerning the mixed problem for wave equations with generalized
Wentzell boundary conditions.
Chapter 4 concerns with the nonautonomous heat equation with generalized Wentzell boundary conditions.
In Chapter 5 we exhibit a unified treatment of the mixed initial
boundary value problem for second order (in time) parabolic linear
differential equations in Banach spaces whose boundary conditions
are of a dynamical nature. Results regarding existence,
uniqueness, continuous dependence and regularity
of classical and strict solutions are established. Moreover, two
examples are given as samples for possible applications.
In the final Chapter 6 we continue to deal with the mixed initial
boundary value problem for complete second order (in time) linear
differential equations in Banach spaces, in which time-derivatives
occur in the boundary conditions. General wellposedness theorems
are obtained (for the first time) which are used to solve the
corresponding inhomogeneous problems. Examples of applications to PDEs are also presented.