The Cauchy Problem

This book deals with the Cauchy or initial value problem for linear differential equations.

Editor's statement; Foreword; Preface; 1. Elements of functional analysis; 2. The caucy problem for some equations of mathematical physics: the abstract cauchy problem; 3. Properly posed cauchy problems: general theory; 4. Dissipative operators and applications; 5. Abstract parabolic equations: applications to second order parabolic equations; 6. Perturbation and approximation of abstract differential equations; 7. Some improperly posed cauchy problems; 8. The abstract cauchy problem for time-dependent equations; 9. The cauchy problem in the sense of vector-valued distributions; References; Index.