A Note on the Krein-Rutman Theorem for Sectorial Operators

Abstract: In this note we present some generalized versions of the Krein-Rutman theorem for sectorial operators. They are formulated in a fashion that can be easily applied to elliptic operators. Another feature of these generalized versions is that they contain some information on the generalized eigenspaces associated with non-principal eigenvalues, which are helpful in the study of the dynamics of evolution equations in ordered Banach spaces.