Non-autonomous semilinear evolution equations with almost sectorial operators (Q1021382)

The paper is devoted to the Cauchy problem for singularly non-autonomous evolution equations \[ {{du(t)}\over{dt}}+A(t)u(t)=f(u), \quad u(\tau)=u_0\in X, \tag{1} \] with almost sectorial operators \(A(t)\) in a Banach space \(X\). For such an operator the resolvent of \(-A(t)\) satisfies to the estimate, a little bit weaker than one for the sectorial operators, \[ \|(\lambda+A(t))^{-1}\|\leq{{C}/{|\lambda|^\alpha}}, \] in a sector \(\Sigma_\theta \backslash \{0\}, \theta\in(0,\pi/2)\). Inspired by the theory of semigroups of growth \(1-\alpha\), an evolution process \(\{U(t,\tau), t>\tau\}\) of growth \(1-\alpha\) giving a solution to the homogeneous problem corresponding to (1) is introduced, and such a process is shown to be a solution of the following integral equation \[ U(t,\tau)=T_{A(t)}(t-\tau)+\int_\tau^t U(t,s)[{A(t)}-{A(s)}]T_{A(\tau)}(s-\tau)\,ds, \] where \(T_{A(t)}\) is the semigroup of growth \(1-\alpha\) generated by \({A(t)}\). Conditions on \(f\) and \(X\) under which a mild solution to (1) defined as satisfying to the equation \(u(t)=U(t,\tau)u_0+\int_\tau^tU(t,s)f(u(s))\,ds\) exists for \(t\in(\tau, \tau+\tau_0)\) are indicated. Applications to semilinear parabolic problems in Hölder spaces are given.