Weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions to some differential equations

The paper considers some new classes of functions called weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions, which implement in a natural fashion the classical pseudo-almost periodic functions due to Zhang. Properties of these weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions are discussed, including a composition result for weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions. The results obtained are subsequently utilized to study the existence and uniqueness of a weighted pseudo-almost periodic solution to the heat equation with Dirichlet conditions. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.