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On the compactness of fractional resolvent operator functions

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We study and characterize the compactness of resolvent families of operators associated to fractional differential equations. We show an application in the study of existence of mild solutions for a class of semilinear fractional differential equations with non-local initial conditions.

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C. Lizama is partially supported by FONDECYT Grant #1140258 and R. Ponce is partially supported by FONDECYT Grant #11130619.

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Lizama, C., Pereira, A. & Ponce, R. On the compactness of fractional resolvent operator functions. Semigroup Forum 93, 363–374 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00233-016-9788-7

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