On the characterization of eventually norm continuous semigroups in Hilbert spaces (Q1340185)

We give a simplified proof of a recent result of P. You which states that an exponentially stable semigroup \((T(t))_{t\geq 0}\) on a Hilbert space is norm continuous for \(t>0\) if and only if the resolvent of its generator tends to zero along the imaginary axis. As an easy consequence of our proof we obtain a characterization of semigroups which are norm continuous for \(t>t_ 0\) in terms of the growth of some power of the resolvent on the imaginary axis. The key tools in our approach are a complex representation formula for \(T(t)\) and the Plancherel theorem for the Hilbert space valued Fourier transform.