Recurrent equation with sign and Fredholm alternative

Abstract

We prove that a Fredholm--type Alternative holds for recurrent equations with sign, extending a previous result by Cieutat and Haraux in [3]. Moreover, we show that this can be seen a particular case of [1] and we provide a solution to an interesting question raised by Hale in [6]. Finally we characterize the existence of exponential dichotomies also in the nonrecurrent case.