Abstract Volterra integrodifferential equations with applications to parabolic models with memory (Q1674583)

The paper is concerned with the integrodifferential problem \[ \begin{cases} u'=Au+\displaystyle\int_0^t g(t-s,u(s))\,ds+f(t,u(t)),\,\,t>0,\\ u(0)=u_0\in D(A), \end{cases}\leqno{(1)} \] where \(A:D(A)\subset X_0\to X_0\) is a linear operator such that \(-A\) is a sectorial operator, \(X_0\) is a Banach space, and \(g\) and \(f\) are functions satisfying some assumptions. The authors investigate the existence, uniqueness, regularity, continuous dependence on the initial data, existence of a unique continuation and a blow-up alternative for an \(\varepsilon\)-regular mild solution of \((1)\). Some applications of the obtained results to Navier-Stokes equations with memory, reaction-diffusion equations with memory, and a strongly damped plate equation with memory are finally presented.