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dc.date.accessioned 2012-12-12T11:11:17Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:22:19Z
dc.date.available 2012-12-12T11:11:17Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:22:19Z
dc.date.issued 2012-12-12T11:11:17Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/2198 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/2198
dc.title On Operator semigroups en
ethesis.discipline Mathematics en
ethesis.discipline Matematiikka fi
ethesis.discipline Matematik sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/44bc4f03-6035-4697-993b-cfc4cea667eb
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/61364eb4-647a-40e2-8539-11c5c0af8dc2
ethesis.department Institutionen för matematik och statistik sv
ethesis.department Department of Mathematics and Statistics en
ethesis.department Matematiikan ja tilastotieteen laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Mirka, Anssi
dct.issued 2012
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract In this Thesis I present the general theory of semigroups of linear operators. From the philosophical point of view I begin by connecting deterministic evolution in time to dynamic laws that are stated in terms of a differential equation. This leads us to associate semigroups with the models for autonomic deterministic motion. From the historical point of view I reflect upon the history of the exponential function and its generalizations. I emphasize their role as solutions to certain linear differential equations that characterize both exponential functions and semigroups. This connection then invites us to consider semigroups as generalizations of the exponential function. I believe this angle of approach provides us with motivation as well as useful ideas. From the mathematical point of view I construct the basic elements of the theory. First I consider briefly uniformly and strongly continuous semigroups. After that I move on to the more general σ(X, F)-continuous case. Here F is a so called norming subspace of the dual X^*. I prove the existence of both the infinitesimal generator S of the semigroup and the resolvent (λ - S)^(-1) as well as some of their basic properties. Then I turn to the other direction and show how to create a semigroup starting from its generator. That is the content of the famous Hille—Yosida Theorem. From the practical point of view I give some useful characterizations of the generator in terms of dissipativity and accretivity. These techniques also lead us to an effortless proof of Stone's Theorem on unitary groups. Finally, from an illustrational point of view I give two applications. The first is about multiplicative semigroups on L^p spaces, where the setting is simple enough to allow intuition to accompany us. The second takes on a problem of generating a particular stochastic weak*-continuous semigroup. It serves to illustrate some of our results. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112252401
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