Existence and regularity results for an integral equation with infinite delay in a Banach space (Q1118124)

The authors investigate the Volterra integral equation \[ (1)\quad u(t)=\int^{t}_{-\infty}a(t-s)[Au(s)+f(s)]ds,\quad t\in R, \] in an ordered Banach space X with a positive cone P. The kernel a is real- valued, completely positive, and satisfies \(a\in (L^ 1\cap L^{\infty})(R^+)\), \(ta(t)\in L^ 1(R^+)\). A is a closed linear operator whose resolvent set contains the sector \(S=\{\lambda \in {\mathbb{C}}| | \arg (\lambda -\eta)| <\theta \}\) for some \(\eta\in R\), \(\theta\in (\pi /2,\pi)\) and satisfies \(\| (\lambda - \eta)(\lambda -A)^{-1}\|_{L(X)}\leq M\) for \(\lambda\in S\) and some \(M>0\). Thus A generates an analytic semigroup. The goal is to obtain global existence on R of solutions of (1) (without assuming the past history on \((-\infty,t_ 0]\) to be known). First, it is shown that (1) is equivalent to \[ (2)\quad u(t)+d/dt(\alpha u(t)+\int^{t}_{- \infty}k(t-s)u(s)ds=[\int_{R}a(s)ds][Au(t)+f(t)],\quad t\in R, \] where \(\alpha =[a(0)]^{-1}\) and k is related to a through obvious relations. Second, results of the second author and \textit{P. Grisvard} [J. Math. Appl., IX. Ser. 54, 305-387 (1975; Zbl 0315.47009)] are applied to (2) in order to obtain existence and regularity of solutions. It is shown that if \(f\in L^ p(R;X)\) and \(\| a\|_{L^ 1(R^+)}\) is sufficiently small (upper limit depending on A), then a unique solution \(u\in L^ p(R;X)\) exists. If f and A are positive, then so is u. Maximal regularity results (both temporal and spatial) are obtained. Finally, some perturbation type extensions are given.