On the existence of moments of solutions to fragmentation equations

We consider the multiple fragmentation equations with polynomially bounded fragmentation rates, both in the discrete and continuous cases. The theory of semigroups of operators on Fréchet spaces is used to produce a simple proof that if moments of all non-negative orders of solutions are initially finite then they remain finite for all future times. Moreover, a class of fragmentation processes is identified in which the existence of the first moment of the initial distribution suffices for the existence of all other moments for positive times.