Dissipative operators with finite dimensional damping

Abstract

SynopsisLetG: ε(G)⊂ℋ → ℋ be a maximal dissipative operator with compact resolvent on a complex separable Hilbert space ℋ andT(t) be theCosemigroup generated byG. A spectral mapping theorem σ(T(t))\{0} = exp (tσ(G))/{0} together with a condition for 0 ε σ(T(t)) are proved if the set {xε ⅅ(G) | Re (Gx, x) = 0} has finite codimension in ε(G) and if some eigenvalue conditions forGare satisfied. Proofs are given in terms of the Cayley transformationT= (G+I)(G−I)−1ofG. The results are applied to the damped wave equationutt+ γutx+uxxxx+ ßuxx= 0, 0 ≦t< ∞ 0 <x< 1, β, γ ≧ 0, with boundary conditionsu(0,t) =ux(0,t) =uxx(1,t) =uxxx(1,t) = 0.