An extension of a Phillips's theorem to Banach algebras and application to the uniform continuity of strongly continuous semigroups

In this work we present an extension to arbitrary unital Banach algebras of a result due to Phillips [R.S. Phillips, Spectral theory of semigroups of linear operators, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1951) 393–415] (Theorem 1.1) which provides sufficient conditions assuring the uniform continuity of strongly continuous semigroups of linear operators. It implies that, when dealing with the algebra of bounded operators on a Banach space, the conditions of Phillips's theorem are also necessary. Moreover, it enables us to derive necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of essential spectra which guarantee the uniform continuity of strongly continuous semigroups. We close the paper by discussing the uniform continuity of strongly continuous groups (T(t))t∈R acting on Banach spaces with separable duals such that, for each t∈R, the essential spectrum of T(t) is a finite set.