Floquet representations and asymptotic behavior of periodic evolution families (Q379617)

The authors consider the nonautonomous abstract Cauchy problem \[ \dot{u}(t) = A(t)u(t),\quad t \geq s \in {\mathbb R},\quad u(s) = h_s \in H \] on a Hilbert space \(H\), where \(A(t)\) are linear operators, \(u\) is some \(H\)-valued function on \([s,\infty)\) and \(h_s\) the value at initial time \(s\). The mapping \(t \mapsto A(t)\) is assumed to be \(1\)-periodic, i.e., \(A(t + 1) = A(t)\) for all \(t \in {\mathbb R}\). Under natural assumptions, it is possible to associate an (exponentially bounded) evolution family \((U(t, s))_{t\geq s}\) to the Cauchy problem; that is, a two-parameter family \((U(t, s))_{t\geq s}\) of bounded linear operators on \(H\). To this evolution family corresponds its \textit{monodromy} operator \(M = U(1, 0)\). If \({\dim} H < \infty\), the classical Floquet theory allows to obtain the \textit{Floquet representation} \[ U(t, s) = Q(t)e^{(t-s)C}Q^{-1}(s) \;\text{for all}\;t, s \in {\mathbb R}, \] where \(Q(t) := U(t, 0)e^{-tC}\), \(C := \log M \). The authors consider the general case \(\dim H=\infty\). The main result of the paper under review is that the evolution family converges (as \(t\to-\infty\)) almost weakly to its maximal Floquet representation with discrete spectrum.