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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0755.00018.] The paper deals with the reaction-diffusion equation \[ u'=\Delta u+f(u), \qquad u(0,x)=u_ 0(x), \] in a bounded domain of \(\mathbb{R}^ m\), with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, and \(C^ \infty\) function \(f\). In view of a finite-dimensional approximation of the asymptotic dynamic, since inertial manifolds exist only under certain restrictions, the author considers the existence of approximate inertial manifolds. The existence of a global attractor is assumed. It is proved that for any natural number \(i\) there exists \(n(i)\) such that for all \(n>n(i)\) one can find a manifold \(M_{i,n}\) of dimension \(n\), such that the orbits enter a neighbourhood of \(M_{i,n}\) of thickness \(k_ i(\lambda_{n+1})^{- i}\) after a transient time. Here \(\lambda_ n\) are the eigenvalues of the Laplacian with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, and \(k_ i\) are certain constants.