Propagation of singularities for integrodifferential equations (Q1087776)

Consider the equation (1) \(x'(t)=Ax(t)+\int^{t}_{0}B(t-s)x(s)ds\), \(t\geq 0\), \(x(0)=x_ 0\) in a Banach space \((X,\| \cdot \|)\), where A is the generator of a \(C_ 0\)-semigroup on X and B(t) is closed and defined on the domain of A. The authors study the propagation of singularities of solutions of equation (1). Applications to problems in linear viscoelasticity and thermodynamics with memory which can be expressed as initial value problems for (1) are also given. Finally examples are given to indicate the types of problems which can be analyzed with the techniques employed in this paper.