The present paper considers two concepts of nonuniform exponential dichotomy
(in the sense of Barreira-Valls) for evolution operators in Banach spaces. Some
examples clarify the relations between these concepts. A variant for the case
of nonuniform exponential dichotomy of a well-known theorem due to Datko is
obtained. We also prove a sufficient condition for the existence of exponential
dichotomy of evolution operators in terms of the existence of a Lyapunov
function in the general case of Banach spaces.
In this paper we give some necessary and sufficient characterizations for
weak exponential instability of evolution operators. Variants for the classical
results due to Datko and Lyapunov are obtained.