Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2009(2009), No. 46, pp. 1-8. Title: Weak almost periodic and optimal mild solutions of fractional evolution equations Authors: Amar Debbouche (Guelma Univ., Guelma, Algeria) Mahmoud M. El-Borai (Alexandria Univ., Alexandria, Egypt) Abstract: In this article, we prove the existence of optimal mild solutions for linear fractional evolution equations with an analytic semigroup in a Banach space. As in [16], we use the Gelfand-Shilov principle to prove existence, and then the Bochner almost periodicity condition to show that solutions are weakly almost periodic. As an application, we study a fractional partial differential equation of parabolic type. Submitted March 10, 2009. Published March 30, 2009. Math Subject Classifications: 34G10, 26A33, 35A05, 34C27, 35B15. Key Words: Linear fractional evolution equation; Optimal mild solution; weak almost periodicity; analytic semigroup.