Global attractor of the Cahn-Hilliard equation in \(H^k\) spaces (Q1018335)

It is well-known that the Cahn-Hilliard equation \[ \begin{cases} \partial_t u = -\Delta\left( \Delta u - g(u) \right), &(x,t)\in \Omega\times (0,\infty),\\ \partial_n u = \partial_n\Delta u = 0, &(x,t)\in \partial\Omega\times (0,\infty), \end{cases} \] has a compact attractor \(\mathcal{A}\) in the space \(L^2_0(\Omega)\) of square integrable functions with zero mean-value when \(\Omega\) is a bounded open subset of \({\mathbb R}^n\), \(1\leq n \leq 3\), and \(g(s)=\sum_{k=1}^p a_k s^k\) with \(a_p>0\), \(p\geq 3\) an odd integer if \(n=1,2\), and \(p=3\) if \(n=3\). Using an iteration procedure relying on parabolic regularizing effects, the attractor \(\mathcal{A}\) is shown to be compact in \(H^k(\Omega)\) for all \(k\geq 1\) and to attract the dynamics in \(H^k(\Omega)\) as well.