Singular evolution integro-differential equations with kernels defined on bounded intervals

We study linear singular first-order integro-differential Cauchy problems in Banach spaces. The adjective “singular” means here that the integro-differential equation is not in normal form neither can it be reduced to such a form. We generalize some existence and uniqueness theorems proved in [5] for kernels defined on the entire half-line R+ to the case of kernels defined on bounded intervals removing the strict assumption that the kernel should be Laplace-transformable. Particular attention is paid to single out the optimal regularity properties of solutions as well as to point out several explicit applications relative to singular partial integro-differential equations of parabolic and hyperbolic type.