Stabilities of Hilbert space contraction semigroups revisited (Q734978): Difference between revisions

The authors study conditions for the exponential stability of contraction semigroups in Hilbert spaces. The main result obtained in the paper is the following: A contraction semigroup \((T(t))_{t\geq 0}\) with generator \(A\) in a Hilbert space is exponentially stable if and only if \(\alpha \| x\| ^2 \leq -\text{Re}\langle Ax;x\rangle\) for every \(x\) in the domain \(D(A)\) of the generator \(A\), and for some \(\alpha >0\). The proof of this theorem is based on a characterization of exponential stability of semigroups in Hilbert spaces due to \textit{R.\,Datko} [J.~Math.\ Anal.\ Appl.\ 32, 610--616 (1970; Zbl 0211.16802)].