The Robbin--Salamon index theorem in Banach spaces with UMD (Q558457)

The Robbin--Salamon index theorem is well-known for a continuous family of unbounded linear operators \((A(t)) _{t\in \mathbb R}\) with \(t\)-independent dense domain \(W\) which is compactly embedded in a Hilbert space \(H\) and with \(A(t)\) selfadjoint. This theorem says that the operator \(\frac{d} {dt}-A(\;)\) is a Fredholm operator between the spaces \(W^{1,2}(\mathbb R,H)\cap L^{2}(\mathbb R,W)\) and \(L^{2}(\mathbb R,H)\) [\textit{J.~Robbin} and \textit{D.~Salamon}, Bull.\ Lond.\ Math.\ Soc.\ 27, No.~1, 1--33 (1995; Zbl 0859.58025)]. In the paper under review, the author proves that the Robbin--Salamon index theorem holds in a general Banach space \(X\) with UMD (unconditionality of martingale difference). More precisely, the author shows if \(A(t)\) has \(t\)-independent domain \(W\) which is compactly embedded in \(X\), then the operator \(D_{A}=\frac{d}{dt}-A(\;)\) is Fredholm between the spaces \(W^{1,p}(\mathbb R,X)\cap L^{p}(\mathbb R,W)\) and \(L^{p}(\mathbb R,X\)), for \(p>1\). The index of the operator \(D_{A}\) is also characterized by the spectral flow of \(A\). As application, the author proposes to study the \(L^{p}\) maximal regularity for some Cauchy problem.