A non-autonomous scalar one-dimensional dissipative parabolic problem: The description of the dynamics

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to give a characterization of the structure of non-autonomous attractors of the problem $u_t=u_{xx}+\lambda u-\beta (t)u^3$ when the parameter $\lambda >0$ varies. Also, we answer a question proposed in [11], concerning the complete description of the structure of the pullback attractor of the problem when $1<\lambda <4$ and, more generally, for $\lambda \ne N^2$, $2\le N\in \mathbb{N}$. We construct global bounded solutions , "non-autonomous equilibria", connections between the trivial solution these "non-autonomous equilibria" and characterize the $\alpha$-limit and $\omega$-limit set of global bounded solutions. As a consequence, we show that the global attractor of the associated skew-product flow has a gradient structure. The structure of the related pullback an uniform attractors are derived from that.

32 pages, 04 figures