The classical logarithmic
convexity inequality, for solutions of u′ = −Au with A a self adjoint operator on
Hilbert space, yield that u is small at intermediate times, 0 < t ≦ T, provided
that u is small at T and bounded at 0. Use of the Carleman inequality for
analytic functions allows one to easily generalize this result to the case of
operators A which are generators of holomorphic semigroups on Ranach
space.