On the well-posedness of linear evolution equations under unbounded nonautonomous perturbations

Abstract

We study conditions for the well-posedness of nonautonomous perturbation of evolution equations of the form \[ u'(t)=(A+B(t))u(t), \quad t \in [a,b], \] where $A$ generates a ${\mathrm{C}}_0$-semigroup ${\left(T(t)\right)}_{t\ge 0}$ with $\Vert T(t)\Vert \le M{e}^{\ddot{I}{‰}_{0}t}$, $t\ge 0$, in a Banach space $\mathbb{X}$ and $B(t)$ are $t$-dependent (unbounded) linear operators in $\mathbb{X}$. The unbounded perturbation operators $B(t)$ are assumed to belong to a normed space (denoted by ${\mathcal{G}\mathcal{L}}_A(\mathbb{X})$) of unbounded linear operators $C$ in $\mathbb{X}$ such that $D(A)\subset D(C)$ with norm \[ \| C\|_A:= (1/M) \sup_{μ>ω_0 } \| (μ-ω_0) CR(μ,A)\| <\infty. \] We prove that the above-mentioned evolution equation admits an evolution family if $\Vert B(\cdot ){\Vert }_A$ is continuous in $[a,b]$. The evolution family is unique if $B(\cdot )R(\hat{I}¼,A)$ as a function $[a,b]\to \mathcal{L}(\mathbb{X})$ is continuously differentiable, and \[ \limsup_{μ\to\infty} \sup_{t\in [a,b]} \left \| \frac{d}{dt}[B(t)R(μ,A)]\right \| <\infty. \] Examples are given to illustrate the obtained results.