ON ${\bf (a,b)}$ -DICHOTOMY FOR EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES ON A HALF-LINE (Q4819337)

The authors characterize the existence of a generalized so-called \((a,b)\)-dichotomy for the linear differential equation \[ x_t = A(t)x , \quad t \in [0,\infty) , \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^n, \] by \textit{admissibility} of the spaces \((L_a^1(\mathbb{R}_+,X),L_b^\infty(\mathbb{R}_+,X))\) with weight functions \(a, b : \mathbb{R}_+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_+^*\). Admissibility is defined in the sense of \textit{Y. L. Daleckij} and \textit{M. G. Krein} [Stability of solutions of differential equations in Banach space. Translated from the Russian by S. Smith. Translations of Mathematical Monographs. Vol. 43. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society (1974; Zbl 0286.34094)]. The general notion of \((a,b)\)-dichotomy extends exponential and ordinary dichotomy notions and was studied, e.g., by \textit{J. S. Muldowney} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 283, 465--484 (1984; Zbl 0559.34049] and many others.