An estimate of growth bound of positive \(C_0\)-semigroup on \(L^p\) space and its applications (Q1402358)

The authors consider the exponential stability of the linear system \(u'(t)=Au(t)\), \(t\geq 0\), where \(A\) generates a positive \(C_0\)-semigroup \(\{T(t)\) \(t\geq 0\}\) on some \(L^p\) \((1\leq p<\infty)\). The classical stability result on the \(Z\)-matrix is generalized to \(L^p\) spaces; an estimate of the growth bound of a positive \(C_0\)-semigroup on \(L^p\) is given by means of essential supremum. As applications, new results on the asymptotic behaviour of a population system and the neutron transport equation are given.