On approximation by operator semigroups of a general type (Q2266219)

For operator semigroups of class \((C_ 0)\) on a Banach space X it is well known that the saturation class can be characterized as the relative completion with respect to X of the domain of the infinitesimal generator \(A_ 0\). This remains true for strongly measurable semigroups \(\{T(t),t>0\}\) provided \(A_ 0\) is closed, but it becomes false if \(A_ 0\) is non-closed. In the present paper a characterization is given by \(\| A_ 0T(t)f\| =O(1),\) \(t\to 0+\), for a fairly general class of semigroups, including particular examples of semigroups which belong to Oharu's class \((C_{(1)})\), or to the class \((C_{\alpha})\) of semigroups of growth order \(\alpha <1\) in the sense of da Prato. Further results on \((C_{\alpha})\)-semigroups by the authors have appeared in: J. Funct. Anal. 50, 414-425 (1983; Zbl 0505.47034) and Numer. Math. 46, 131-146 (1985; Zbl 0543.65064)].