Exponentially dichotomous operators and exponential dichotomy of evolution equations on the half-line (Q1881584)

The author gives a new characterization of evolution families of operators in Banach spaces that have exponential dichotomy. The framework is similar to that of \textit{N.~V.~Minh}, \textit{F. Räbiger} and \textit{R. Schnaubelt} [Integral Equations Oper.\ Theory 32, 332-353 (1998; Zbl 0977.34056)], based on the so-called ``evolution semigroup'' associated to an evolution family. In that paper, the exponential dichotomy of an evolution family \(U(t,s)\) was characterized in terms of inversion properties of a suitably defined operator, \(I_Z\), associated to the solutions of the integral equation \[ u(t) = U(t,s)\,u(s) + \int_s^t U(t,\xi)\,f(\xi)\,d\xi, \qquad t \geq s \geq 0. \] In the paper under consideration, the characterization is still given in terms of the operator \(I_Z\) but a different characterizing property is considered which is based on the concepts of ``exponentially dichotomous'' and ``quasi-exponentially dichotomous'' operators, the latter being introduced by the author. The new result allows the author to extend to a general Banach space results proved for finite-dimensional spaces by \textit{A. Ben-Artzi}, \textit{I. Gohberg} and \textit{M. A. Kaashoek} [J.\ Dyn.\ Differ.\ Equations 5, 1-36 (1993; Zbl 0771.34011)].