Lipschitzian semigroups and abstract functional differential equations (Q844969)

The authors consider the abstract functional differential equation \[ (FDE)\quad u'(t)=Au(t)+\Phi u_t, \quad t>0,\quad u(0)=x,\quad u_0=f, \] where \(A\) is a closed and densely defined linear operator, \(\Phi:L^p([-1,0];X)\to X\) is a globally Lipschitz operator, \(f\in L^p([-1,0];X)\) and \(u_t(\sigma):=u(t+\sigma)\). By assuming that the space \(X\) has the Radon-Nicodym property, and rewriting the problem as an abstract Cauchy problem in the space \(X\times L^p([-1,0];X)\) governed by the operator \(\mathcal{A}(x,f)=(Ax+\Phi f, \frac{df}{d\sigma})\), the authors show that \((FDE)\) is well posed if and only if \(\mathcal{A}\) is the generator of an exponentially bounded Lipschitzian semigroup. They also prove some sufficient condition in order that \(\mathcal{A}\) be the generator of an exponentially bounded Lipschitzian semigroup and thus \((FDE)\) be well posed. Finally, they obtain a principle of linearized stability and apply the results to a nonlinear diffusion equation with delays.