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Rainer Nagel

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arXiv2025

Theory And Applications Of One-Sided Coupled Operator Matrices

The theory of one-sided coupled operator matrices, recently introduced by K.-J. Engel, is an abstract framework for concrete initial value problems and allows complete information on well-posedness, and stability of solutions. These notes are meant as a survey on this rich theory, with a particular stress on applications to initial-boundary value problems with unbounded boundary feedbacks. A diffusion-transport system with dynamical boundary conditions is discussed, and its well-posedness and various other properties are investigated. As a by-product, the well-posedness of a wave equation with dynamical boundary condition is also obtained.

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arXiv2022

A dynamical proof of the van der Corput inequality

We provide a dynamical proof of the van der Corput inequality for sequences in Hilbert spaces that is based on the Furstenberg correspondence principle. This is done by reducing the inequality to the mean ergodic theorem for contractions on Hilbert spaces. The key difficulty therein is that the Furstenberg correspondence principle is, a priori, limited to scalar-valued sequences. We therefore discuss how interpreting the Furstenberg correspondence principle via the Gelfand--Naimark--Segal construction for C*-algebras allows to study not just scalar but general Hilbert space-valued sequences in terms of unitary operators. This yields a proof of the van der Corput inequality in the spirit of the Furstenberg correspondence principle and the flexibility of this method is discussed via new proofs for different variants of the inequality.

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arXiv2008

Weakly and almost weakly stable C_0-semigroups

In this paper we survey results concerning the asymptotic properties of C_0-semigroups on Banach spaces with respect to the weak operator topology. The property "no eigenvalues of the generator on the imaginary axis" is equivalent to weak stability for most time values; a phenomenon called "almost weak stability". Further, sufficient conditions actually implying weak stability are also given. By several examples we explain weak and almost weak stability and illustrate the fundamental difference between them. Many historical and bibliographical remarks position the material in the literature. We conclude the paper with some open questions and comments.

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