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# On the Swift-Hohenberg equation with slow and fast dynamics: well-posedness and long-time behavior

• We propose a mathematical analysis of the Swift-Hohenberg equation arising from the phase field theory to model the transition from an unstable to a (meta)stable state. We also consider a recent generalization of the original equation, obtained by introducing an inertial term, to predict fast degrees of freedom in the system. We formulate and prove well-posedness results of the concerned models. Afterwards, we analyse the long-time behavior in terms of global and exponential attractors. Finally, by reading the inertial term as a singular perturbation of the Swift-Hohenberg equation, we construct a family of exponential attractors which is Hölder continuous with respect to the perturbative parameter of the system.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B30, 35G31; Secondary: 82C26.

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