ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF PERIODIC SECOND ORDER LINEAR EVOLUTION EQUATIONS

The paper is concerned with periodic linear evolution equations of the form x ''(t) = A(t)x(t)+ f(t), where A(t) is a family of (unbounded) linear operators in a Banach space X, strongly and periodically depending on t, f is an almost (or asymptotic) almost periodic function. We study conditions for this equation to have almost periodic solutions on R as well as to have asymptotic almost periodic solutions on R+. We convert the second order equation under consideration into a first order equation to use the spectral theory of functions as well as recent methods of study. We obtain new conditions that are stated in terms of the spectrum of the monodromy operator associated with the first order equation and the frequencies of the forcing term f.