Volterra equations in Banach spaces with completely monotone kernels

We consider a class of infinite delay equations in Banach spaces that models arising in the theory of viscoelasticity, for instance. The equation involves a completely monotone convolution kernel with a singularity at t = 0 and a sectorial linear spatial operator. Our main goal here is the construction of a semigroup formulation for the integral equation; in the last part of the paper, we illustrate the potentiality of the approach by considering a stochastic perturbation of the problem. Existence and uniqueness of a weak solution is established. The corresponding evolutionary solution process is Markovian, and the tools of linear analytic semigroup theory can be utilized.