On measuring unboundedness of the H∞H^\infty-calculus for generators of analytic semigroups

We investigate the boundedness of the $H^\infty$-calculus by estimating the bound $b(\varepsilon)$ of the mapping $H^{\infty}\rightarrow \mathcal{B}(X)$: $f\mapsto f(A)T(\varepsilon)$ for $\varepsilon$ near zero. Here, $-A$ generates the analytic semigroup $T$ and $H^{\infty}$ is the space of bounded analytic functions on a domain strictly containing the spectrum of $A$. We show that $b(\varepsilon)=\mathcal{O}(|\log\varepsilon|)$ in general, whereas $b(\varepsilon)=\mathcal{O}(1)$ for bounded calculi. This generalizes a result by Vitse and complements work by Haase and Rozendaal for non-analytic semigroups. We discuss the sharpness of our bounds and show that single square function estimates yield $b(\varepsilon)=\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{|\log\varepsilon|})$.Comment: Preprint of the final, published version. In comparison with previous version, Prop. 2.2 was added and Thm. 3.5 has been slightly adapted in order to point out the major assertio

Functional calculus for C0C_0-semigroups using infinite-dimensional systems theory

In this short note we use ideas from systems theory to define a functional calculus for infinitesimal generators of strongly continuous semigroups on a Hilbert space. Among others, we show how this leads to new proofs of (known) results in functional calculus.Comment: 6 page

Generators with a closure relation

Assume that a block operator of the form $\left(\begin{smallmatrix}A_{1}\\A_{2}\quad 0\end{smallmatrix}\right)$, acting on the Banach space $X_{1}\times X_{2}$, generates a contraction $C_{0}$-semigroup. We show that the operator $A_{S}$ defined by $A_{S}x=A_{1}\left(\begin{smallmatrix}x\\SA_{2}x\end{smallmatrix}\right)$ with the natural domain generates a contraction semigroup on $X_{1}$. Here, $S$ is a boundedly invertible operator for which \epsilon\ide-S^{-1} is dissipative for some $\epsilon>0$. With this result the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the heat equation can be derived from the wave equation.Comment: 9 page

On continuity of solutions for parabolic control systems and input-to-state stability

We study minimal conditions under which mild solutions of linear evolutionary control systems are continuous for arbitrary bounded input functions. This question naturally appears when working with boundary controlled, linear partial differential equations. Here, we focus on parabolic equations which allow for operator-theoretic methods such as the holomorphic functional calculus. Moreover, we investigate stronger conditions than continuity leading to input-to-state stability with respect to Orlicz spaces. This also implies that the notions of input-to-state stability and integral-input-to-state stability coincide if additionally the uncontrolled equation is dissipative and the input space is finite-dimensional.Comment: 19 pages, final version of preprint, Prop. 6 and Thm 7 have been generalised to arbitrary Banach spaces, the assumption of boundedness of the semigroup in Thm 10 could be droppe

Funnel control for a moving water tank

We study tracking control for a moving water tank system, which is modelled using the Saint-Venant equations. The output is given by the position of the tank and the control input is the force acting on it. For a given reference signal, the objective is to achieve that the tracking error evolves within a prespecified performance funnel. Exploiting recent results in funnel control we show that it suffices to show that the operator associated with the internal dynamics of the system is causal, locally Lipschitz continuous and maps bounded functions to bounded functions. To show these properties we consider the linearized Saint-Venant equations in an abstract framework and show that it corresponds to a regular well-posed linear system, where the inverse Laplace transform of the transfer function defines a measure with bounded total variation.Comment: 11 page

Input-to-state stability of unbounded bilinear control systems

We study input-to-state stability of bilinear control systems with possibly unbounded control operators. Natural sufficient conditions for integral input-to-state stability are given. The obtained results are applied to a bilinearly controlled Fokker-Planck equation.Comment: 20 pages, completely new version based on the few preliminary ideas in v1. Compared to v1, the results have been significantly generalized and extende