Nonperiodic boundary problems (Q796727)

Denote by Q the m-dimensional cube with side-length 2\(\pi\) and by \(\ell\) an interval of the form [0,b]. Further consider A(-iD) some constant coefficient linear partial differential operator on \(R^ n\), denote by A(s) its symbol (defined by \(A(-iD)\quad \exp(isx)=A(s)\exp(isx),\) if \(s\in Z^ n)\), and by L the closure of the operator \(\partial /\partial t-A(-iD)\) on \(H(\ell)\otimes H(Q).\) Here \(H(\ell)\) and H(Q) are, respectively, the spaces of square integrable functions on \(\ell\) and Q. The Cauchy problem \(Lu=f\), \(u_{t=0}=0\), is called well-posed, if the operator \(L^{-1}: \quad H(\ell)\otimes H(Q)\to H(\ell)\otimes H(Q)\) is everywhere defined and bounded. It is then quite easy to show that the Cauchy problem is well-posed if and only if Re A(s)\(<M\) for every \(s\in Z^ n\). (Here \(L^{-1}f|_{t=0}=0.)\) Now denote by \(A_ 0\) the closure of A(-iD) in H(Q) on the subset \(C_ 0^{\infty}(Q)\) (the so- called ''minimal'' operator associated with A), and consider the operator \(L_ 0=(\partial /\partial t)\otimes I_ Q+I_{\ell}\otimes A_ 0.\) The author then discusses a case \((n=1,A=a\partial /\partial x,)\) where he can show that \(L_ 0^{-1}\) is bounded only if Re A(s) is bounded and wonders if this is a general phenomenon. (Again \(L_ 0^{- 1}f|_{t=0}=0.)\)