Well-posedness of non-autonomous linear evolution equations in uniformly convex spaces

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of wellposedness of non-autonomous linear evolution equations $\dot x = A(t)x$ in uniformly convex Banach spaces. We assume that $A(t):D \subset X\to X$, for each $t$ is the generator of a quasi-contractive $C_0$-group where the domain $D$ and the growth exponent are independent of $t$. Well-posedness holds provided that $t\mapsto A(t)y$ is Lipschitz for all $y\in D$. Hölder continuity of degree $α<1$ is not sufficient and the assumption of uniform convexity cannot be dropped.

9 pages, to appear in Math. Nachr