Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2016 (2016), No. 07, pp. 1–33. ISSN: 1072-6691. URL: http://ejde.math.txstate.edu or http://ejde.math.unt.edu ftp ejde.math.txstate.edu PULLBACK ATTRACTORS FOR A CLASS OF SEMILINEAR NONCLASSICAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY HAFIDHA HARRAGA, MUSTAPHA YEBDRI Abstract. In this article, we analyze the existence of solutions for a nonclassical reaction-diffusion equation with critical nonlinearity, a time-dependent force with exponential growth and delayed force term, where the delay term can be entrained by a function under assumptions of measurability. Using a priori estimates we obtain the pullback D-absorbing process and the pullback ω-D-limit compactness that allow us to prove the existence of the pullback D-attractors for the associated process to the problem. 1. Introduction and statement of the problem The nonclassical diffusion equations occur as models in mechanics, soil mechanics and heat conduction theory (see for example [1, 2, 8, 9, 14]). In recent years, the existence of pullback attractors has been proved for some nonclassical diffusion equations, see for example [16, 19, 21, 22, 23]. Functinal partial differential equations is the subject of intensive studies. For the functional partial differential equation ∂ ∂ u(t, x) − ∆ u(t, x) − ∆u(t, x) = b(t, u(t − ρ(t))(x) + g(t, x) ∂t ∂t u = 0 on (τ, ∞) × ∂Ω , u(τ + θ, x) = ϕ(θ, x), in (τ, ∞) × Ω , (1.1) τ ∈ R , θ ∈ [−r, 0], x ∈ Ω , without critical non-linearity, the long-time behavior, and especially the pullback attractors has been studied in [7]. There the author studied the pullback asymptotic behavior of solutions in the phase-spaces C([−r, 0]; H01 (Ω)) and C([−r, 0]; H01 (Ω) ∩ H 2 (Ω)). In [16], the equation without delay ∂ ∂ u(t, x) − ε∆ u(t, x) − ∆u(t, x) + f (u(t, x)) = g(t, x) ∂t ∂t u = 0 on (τ, ∞) × ∂Ω u(τ, x) = u0 (x), in (τ, ∞) × Ω τ ∈ R, x ∈ Ω , 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35R10, 35K57, 35B41. Key words and phrases. Pullback attractors; nonclassical reaction-diffusion equations; critical exponent, delay term. c 2016 Texas State University. Submitted June 4, 2015. Published January 6, 2016. 1 (1.2) 2 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 in the phase-space H01 (Ω) is treated. It is proved that the existence of a pullback attractor where the non-linearity f has a critical exponent in the interval N +2 4 0, min{ N −2 , 2 + N } with N ≥ 3. On unbounded domain, in [23], the existence of pullback attractor to the solutions in H 1 (RN ) of the following equation without delay ∂ ∂ u(t, x) − ∆ u(t, x) − ∆u(t, x) + u(t, x) + f (u(t, x)) = g(t, x) ∂t ∂t in (τ, ∞) × RN , u(τ, x) = uτ (x), (1.3) τ ∈ R, x ∈ RN , is treated, where the nonlinearity has a critical exponent p ≤ N 2−2 for N ≥ 3. In this article, we consider the functional partial differential equation ∂ ∂ u(t, x) − ∆ u(t, x) − ∆u(t, x) + f (u(t, x)) = b(t, ut )(x) + g(t, x) ∂t ∂t with with the boundary and initial conditions u=0 in (τ, ∞) × Ω , on (τ, ∞) × ∂Ω , u(τ, x) = u0 (x), τ ∈ R, x ∈ Ω , (1.4) u(τ + θ, x) = ϕ(θ, x), θ ∈ (−r, 0), x ∈ Ω , where Ω ⊂ RN (N ≥ 3) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary ∂Ω. The equation (1.4) without the term ∆ ∂u ∂t , is a classical equation with delay. Many works have dealed with such equation, see for example [4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18]. It has been treated in different phase-spaces and the delay term is driven by a function under measurability condition and the nonlinearity is given by different assumptions. For more details on differential equations with delay we refer the reader to [6] and [20]. It is well known that the compact Sobolev embedding can be applied to obtain the existence of pullback D-attractor as well as the higher regularity of the solution of the equation, e.g., although the initial conditions only belong to a weaker topological space, the solution will belong to a stronger topological space with higher regularity. The equation (1.4) contains the term ∆ ∂u ∂t , this involves that the solution has no higher regularity and so the compact Sobolev embedding can not be applied to obtain the existence of a pullback D-attractor. This is similar to the hyperbolic case. In this article, we prove the existence of a pullback D-attractor. It is well known that for the existence of pullback D-attractors, the key point is to find a bounded family of pullback D-absorbing sets then the pullback w-D-limit compactness for the process corresponding to the solution of our problem. As noticed before, because of the term ∆ ∂u ∂t , the pullback w-D-limit compactness for the process can not be proved by the compact Sobolev embedding. The nonlinearity with critical exponent makes also some barriers. To overcome these difficulties, we apply the decomposition techniques and a method used in [17] to satisfy the pullback w-D-limit compactness of the process with delay. It is based on the concept of the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness of a bounded set as well as some new estimates of the equicontinuity of the solutions. This article is organized as follows. In section 2 useful results on nonautonomous dynamical systems and pullback D-attractor theory are recalled. In section 3 deals EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 3 with the main results; we will prove the existence of the solutions using the FaedoGalerkin approximations; also, the uniqueness and the continuous dependence of the solutions with respect to the initial conditions are proved. Then we prove the existence of the pullback D-attractor. 2. Preliminaries At first, we give some notation which will be used throughout this paper. Let Ω ⊂ RN (N ≥ 3) be a bounded domain with smooth boundary ∂Ω, the norm and the inner product in L2 (Ω) are denoted by k·k and h·, ·i, respectively, and we denote by k∇k and h∇·, ∇·i the norm and the inner product of H01 (Ω), respectively. The norm in the Banach space Y will be denoted by k·kY . Let c be an arbitrary positive constant, which may be different from line to line and even in the same line. To study problem (1.4), we need some assumptions: The nonlinear function f ∈ C 1 (R, R) satisfies f (u)u ≥ −c1 u2 − c2 , (2.1) 0 (2.2) f (u) ≥ −c3 , f (0) = 0, α |f (u)| ≤ k(1 + |u| ), (2.3) uf (u) − c4 F (u) ≥ 0, u2 F (u) lim inf 2 ≥ 0 , |u|→∞ u lim inf |u|→∞ (2.4) (2.5) N +2 4 where 0 < α < min{ N −2 , 2+ N } (is called a critical exponent since the nonlinearity f is not compact in this case i.e. for a bounded subset B ⊂ H01 (Ω), in general, +4 f (B) is not precompact in Lq (Ω) where q = 2N αN ), and c1 , c2 , c3 , c4 , k are positive constants, λ1 > 0 is the first eigenvalue of −∆ in Ω with R u the homogeneous Dirichlet condition such that λ1 > max{c1 , c3 }, and F (u) = 0 f (s)ds. We infer from (2.4) and (2.5) that for any δ > 0 there exist positive constants cδ , c0δ such that uf (u) − c4 F (u) + δu2 + c0δ ≥ 0 , 2 F (u) + δu + c0δ ≥ 0, ∀u ∈ R , ∀u ∈ R . (2.6) (2.7) The operator b : R × L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)) → L2 (Ω) is a time-dependent external force with delay; it satisfies: (I) For all φ ∈ L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)), the function R 3 t 7→ b(t, φ) ∈ L2 (Ω) is measurable, (II) b(t, 0) = 0 for all t ∈ R; (III) there exists Lb > 0 such that for all t ∈ R and φ1 , φ2 ∈ L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)), kb(t, φ1 ) − b(t, φ2 )k ≤ Lb kφ1 − φ2 kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ; (2.8) (IV) there exists Cb > 0 such that for all t ≥ τ , and all u, v ∈ L2 ([τ −r, t]; L2 (Ω)), Z t Z t kb(s, us ) − b(s, vs )k2 ds ≤ Cb ku(s) − v(s)k2 ds . (2.9) τ τ −r Remark 2.1. From (I)–(III), for T > τ the function R 3 t 7→ b(t, φ) ∈ L2 (Ω) is measurable and belongs to L∞ ((τ, T ); L2 (Ω)). 4 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 The function g ∈ L2loc (R; L2 (Ω)) is an another nondelayed time-dependent external force, u0 ∈ H01 (Ω) is the initial condition in τ and ϕ ∈ L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)) is also the initial condition in (τ − r, τ ) , r > 0 is the length of the delay effect. In this section, we recall some basic concepts about the pullback attractors and some abstract results about the existence of pullback attractors. Let (Y, d) be a complete metric space. Let us denote P(Y ) the family of all nonempty subsets of b = {D(t) : t ∈ R} ⊂ Y , and suppose D is a nonempty class of parameterized sets D P(Y ). Definition 2.2 ([11]). A two parameter family of mappings U (t, τ ) : Y → Y , t ≥ τ , τ ∈ R, is called to be a norm-to-weak continuous process if (1) U (τ, τ )x = x for all τ ∈ R, x ∈ Y ; (2) U (t, s)U (s, τ )x = U (t, τ )x for all t ≥ s ≥ τ , τ ∈ R, x ∈ Y ; (3) U (t, τ )xn * U (t, τ )x if xn → x in Y . The following result is useful for satisfying that a process is norm-to-weak continuous. Proposition 2.3 ([11]). Let Y, Z be two Banach spaces and Y ∗ , Z ∗ be their dual spaces. Assume that Y is dense in Z, the injection i : Y → Z is continuous and its adjoint i∗ : Z ∗ → Y ∗ is dense, and {U (t, τ )} is a continuous or weak continuous process on Z. Then {U (t, τ )} is norm-to-weak continuous on Y if and only if for t ≥ τ , τ ∈ R, U (t, τ ) maps a compact set of Y to a bounded set of Y . b = {B(t) : t ∈ R} ∈ D is called Definition 2.4 ([12]). A family of bounded sets B b ∈ D, pullback D-absorbing for the process {U (t, τ )} if for any t ∈ R and for any D b there exists τ0 (t, D) ≤ t such that b . U (t, τ )D(τ ) ⊂ B(t) for all τ ≤ τ0 (t, D) Definition 2.5 ([12]). A process {U (t, τ )} is called pullback w-D-limit compact if b ∈ D, there exists τ0 (t, D) b ≤ t such that for all ε > 0 and D K ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )D(τ ) ≤ ε , where K is the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness of B ∈ P(Y ). This measure is defined as K(B) = inf{δ > 0 : B has a finite open cover of sets of diameter less than δ, and has the following properties. Lemma 2.6 ([12]). Let B, B0 , B1 be bounded subsets of Y . Then (1) K(B) = 0 ⇐⇒ K(N (B, ε)) ≤ 2 ⇐⇒ B is compact; (2) K(B0 + B1 ) ≤ K(B0 ) + K(B1 ); (3) K(B0 ) ≤ K(B1 ) whenever B0 ⊂ B1 ; (4) K(B0 ∪ B1 ) ≤ max{K(B0 ) , K(B1 )}; (5) K(B) = K(B); (6) if B is a ball of radius ε then K(B) ≤ 2ε. b = {A(t) : t ∈ R} ⊂ P(Y ) is said to be a pullback Definition 2.7 ([12]). A family A D-attractor for {U (t, τ )} if (1) A(t) is compact for all t ∈ R; b is invariant; i.e., U (t, τ )A(τ ) = A(t), for all t ≥ τ ; (2) A EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 5 b is pullback D-attracting ; i.e., (3) A lim dist(U (t, τ )D(τ ), A(t)) = 0 , τ →−∞ b ∈ D and all t ∈ R; for all D (4) If {C(t) : t ∈ R} is another family of closed attracting sets then A(t) ⊂ C(t), for all t ∈ R. Theorem 2.8 ([12]). Let {U (t, τ )} be a norm-to-weak continuous process such that {U (t, τ )} is pullback w-D-limit compact. If there exists a family of pullback b = {B(t) : t ∈ R} ∈ D for the process {U (t, τ )}, then there exists D-absorbing sets B a pullback D-attractor {A(t) : t ∈ R} such that b t) = ∩s≤t ∪τ ≤s U (t, τ )B(τ ) . A(t) = w(B, 3. Existence of pullback D-attractors 3.1. Existence and uniqueness of weak solutions. First, we define the concept of weak solution. Definition 3.1. A function u ∈ L2 ((τ − r, T ); L2 (Ω)) is called a weak solution of (1.4) if for all T > τ we have ∂u ∈ L2 ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)) , ∂t with u(t) = ϕ(t−τ ) for t ∈ [τ −r, τ ], and for all test functions v ∈ C 1 ([τ, T ]; H01 (Ω)) such that v(T ) = 0, it satisfies Z T Z TZ Z TZ Z TZ ∂u −hu, v 0 i + ∇u∇v + ∇ ∇v + f (u)v ∂t τ τ Ω τ Ω τ Ω (3.1) Z T Z TZ u ∈ C([τ, T ]; H01 (Ω)) and gv + hu0 , v(τ )i . hb(t, ut ), vi + = τ τ Ω Next we have the existence and uniqueness of solutions which are obtained by the usual Faedo-Galerkin approximation and a compactness method. Theorem 3.2. For any τ ∈ R, T > τ , u0 ∈ H01 (Ω), ϕ ∈ L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)) and 0 b +C if there exist positive constants η, η 0 < 1/2 such that λ1 > c1 + η+η 2 2η , then problem (1.4) has a unique weak solution u on (τ, T ). Proof. Let {ek }k≥1 , be the complete basis of H01 (Ω)∩H 2 (Ω) given by the orthonormal eigenfunctions of −∆ in L2 (Ω). We consider um (t) = m X γk,m (t)ek , m∈N k=1 which is the approximate solution of Faedo-Galerkin of order m; that is, dum ∂um −∆ − ∆um + Pm f (um ) = Pm b(t, um t ) + Pm g dt ∂t um (τ ) = Pm u0 = u0 i.e. Pm um (τ ) → u0 in H01 (Ω) (3.2) um (τ + θ) = Pm ϕ(θ) = ϕ(θ) ∀θ ∈ (−r, 0) for all k ∈ N, where γk,m (t) = hum (t), ek i denote the Fourier coefficients such 0 that γm,k ∈ C 1 ((τ, T ); R) ∩ L2 ((τ − r, T ), R) , γk,m (t) is absolutely continuous, and 6 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 Pm Pm u(t) = k=1 hu, ek iek is the orthogonal projection of u ∈ L2 (Ω) or u ∈ H01 (Ω) in Hm = span{e1 , . . . , em }. It is well-known that the above finite-dimensional delayed system is well-posed at least locally (see for example [6, Theorem 2.1, p. 14]). Indeed; for fixed m, the system (3.2) defines a linear system of differential equations on Rm . Then we can apply differential equations theory for local existence and uniqueness of solutions to the system (3.2), i.e. for initial conditions (ϕ, v m (τ )) in L2 ((−r, 0); Rm ) × Rm , there exist tm > 0 and a unique solution of (3.2) v m (t) = (γ1,m (t) . . . γm,m (t))T with v m ∈ L2 ((τ − r, τ ); Rm ) such that v m |[τ −r,τ ] = ϕ and v m (τ ) = a, and v m |[τ,tm ] ∈ C 1 ([τ, tm ]; Rm ). Hence, the solution of (3.2) is defined on the interval [τ, tm ] with τ < tm < T . The a priori estimates for the Faedo-Galerkin approximate solutions that we obtain will show that tm = T . Claim 3.3. {um } is bounded in L∞ ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)). Multiplying (3.2) by um and integrating over Ω, we obtain Z Z 1 d m m (kum (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 ) + k∇um (t)k2 + f (um )um = (b(t, um t )u + gu ) . 2 dt Ω Ω Using (2.1) and the Cauchy inequality, we obtain 1 d (kum (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 ) + k∇um (t)k2 − c1 kum (t)k2 − c2 |Ω| 2 dt 1 η m 1 η0 m 2 2 2 ≤ kb(t, um kg(t)k + ku (t)k2 . t )k + ku (t)k + 2η 2 2η 0 2 As λ1 kuk2 ≤ k∇uk2 , (3.3) then d (kum (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 ) + (2λ1 − 2c1 − η − η 0 )kum (t)k2 dt 1 1 2 2 ≤ kb(t, um t )k + 0 kg(t)k + c2 |Ω| . η η Integrating this estimate over [τ, t], t ≤ T , we find that Z t kum (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 + (2λ1 − 2c1 − η − η 0 ) kum (s)k2 τ Z Z 1 t 1 t m 2 m 2 m 2 ≤ ku (τ )k ds + k∇u (τ )k + kb(s, us )k ds + 0 kg(s)k2 ds η τ η τ + c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . Therefore, by using (2.9), we obtain m 2 m 2 0 Z t ku (t)k + k∇u (t)k + (2λ1 − 2c1 − η − η ) kum (s)k2 ds τ Z Cb τ ≤ kum (τ )k2 + k∇um (τ )k2 + kum (s)k2 ds η τ −r Z Z Cb t m 1 t 2 + ku (s)k ds + 0 kg(s)k2 ds + c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . η τ η τ EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 7 So, one has Cb kum (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 + 2λ1 − 2c1 − η − η 0 − η Z τ C b ≤ kum (τ )k2 + k∇um (τ )k2 + kum (s)k2 ds η τ −r Z 1 t + 0 kg(s)k2 ds + c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . η τ Hence, when 2λ1 − 2c1 − η − η 0 − Cb η t kum (s)k2 τ (3.4) > 0 and g ∈ L2loc (R; L2 (Ω)), one gets k∇um (t)k2 ≤ kum (τ )k2 + k∇um (τ )k2 + + Z Cb kϕk2L2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) η 1 kgk2L2 ([τ,t];L2 (Ω)) + c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . η0 (3.5) By this estimate, for all T > τ , we arrive at {um } is bounded in L∞ ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)) (3.6) Then we deduce that the local solution um can be extended to the interval [τ, T ]. ∂ m Claim 3.4. ∂t u is bounded in L2 ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)). ∂um ∂t and integrating over Ω, we have Z d 1 d ∂um d k um (t)k2 + k∇ um (t)k2 + k∇um (t)k2 + f (um ) dt dt 2 dt ∂t Ω Z Z m m ∂u ∂u = b(t, um + g . t ) ∂t ∂t Ω Ω Multiplying (3.2) by (3.7) As d dt Z Z F (u) = Ω f (u) Ω ∂u , ∂t (3.7) becomes d 1 d d k∇um (t)k2 + 2 k um (t)k2 + k∇ um (t)k2 + dt dt 2 dt Z Z ∂um ∂um = b(t, um ) + g . t ∂t ∂t Ω Ω Z F (um ) Ω Using the Young inequality, we find d 1 d k∇ um (t)k2 + (k∇um (t)k2 + 2 dt 2 dt Z Ω F (um )) ≤ 1 1 2 2 kb(t, um t )k + kg(t)k . 2 2 Integrating over [τ, t], t ≤ T we obtain Z t Z d 1 k∇ um (s)k2 ds + k∇um (t)k2 + 2 F (um (t, x)) ds 2 τ Ω Z 1Z t 1 2 k∇um (τ )k2 + 2 F (um (τ, x)) + kb(s, um ≤ s )k ds 2 2 τ Ω Z 1 t + kg(s)k2 ds . 2 τ 8 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 By (2.9), we have Z t Z d 1 k∇ um (s)k2 ds + k∇um (t)k2 + 2 F (um (t, x)) ds 2 τ Ω Z t Z Z 1 t 1 C b kum (s)k2 ds + kg(s)k2 ds ≤ (k∇um (τ )k2 + 2 F (um (τ, x))) + 2 2 τ −r 2 τ Ω Z C Z t 1 b k∇um (τ )k2 + 2 F (um (τ, x)) + kum (s)k2 ds ≤ 2 2 Ω τ Z Cb τ 1 m 2 2 + ku (s)k + kgkL2 ([τ,t];L2 (Ω)) . 2 τ −r 2 From this estimate and (3.4), we deduce that, for all T > τ , ∂ m u is bounded in L2 ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)) . ∂t (3.8) Lemma 3.5 ([16, Lemma 3.1]). If {um } is bounded in L∞ ((τ, T ), H01 (Ω)), then {f (um )} is bounded in Lq ((τ, T ); Lq (Ω)) , (3.9) where q = (2N + 4)/(αN ). By (3.6), (3.8), (3.9), hypothesis (IV) and remark (2.1), we can extract a subsequence (relabeled the same) such that um * u weakly* in L∞ ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)), ∆u m 2 * ∆u weakly in L ((τ, T ); H −1 (Ω)), ∂um ∂u * weakly in L2 ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)), ∂t ∂t ∂um ∂u ∆( ) * ∆( ) weakly in L2 ((τ, T ); H −1 (Ω)), ∂t ∂t f (um ) * σ 0 weakly in Lq ((τ, T ); Lq (Ω)), b(., um . ) → b(., u. ) 2 2 strongly in L ((τ, T ); L (Ω)) . (3.10) (3.11) (3.12) (3.13) (3.14) (3.15) By (3.10), we have that um * u weakly in L2 ((τ, T ); L2 (Ω)) (L∞ ((τ, T ); H01 (Ω)) ⊂ m ∂u 2 2 L2 ((τ, T ); L2 (Ω))), and by (3.12), we have ∂u ∂t * ∂t weakly in L ((τ, T ); L (Ω)) 2 2 2 1 (L ((τ, T ); H0 (Ω)) ⊂ L ((τ, T ); L (Ω))). So, we can extract a subsequence u of um that satisfies um → u strongly in L2 ((τ, T ); L2 (Ω)) . Thus um → u a.e [τ, T ] × Ω . (3.16) By (3.16) and the fact that f is continuous, we deduce that f (um ) → f (u) a.e [τ, T ] × Ω, So, from (3.14) and [13, Lemma 1.3, p. 12] we can identify σ 0 with f (u). Now, we have to prove that u(τ ) = u0 . Recall that (3.1), Z T Z TZ Z TZ Z TZ ∂u −hu, v 0 i + ∇ ∇v + ∇u∇v + f (u)v ∂t τ τ Ω τ Ω τ Ω (3.17) Z T Z TZ = hb(t, ut ), vi + gv + hu(τ ), v(τ )i . τ τ Ω EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY In a similar way, from the Faedo-Galerkin approximations, we have Z TZ Z T Z TZ Z TZ ∂um ∇ −hum , v 0 i + f (um )v ∇um ∇v + ∇v + ∂t τ Ω τ τ Ω τ Ω Z TZ Z T gv + hum (τ ), v(τ )i . hb(t, um ), vi + = t τ τ (3.18) Ω Using the fact that um (τ ) → u0 in H01 (Ω) and (3.10)-(3.15) we find that Z T Z TZ Z TZ Z TZ ∂u 0 −hu, v i + ∇ ∇v + ∇u∇v + f (u)v ∂t τ τ Ω τ Ω τ Ω Z T Z TZ = hb(t, ut ), vi + gv + hu0 , v(τ )i . τ 9 τ (3.19) Ω Since v(τ ) is arbitrarily, comparing (3.17) and (3.19) we deduce that u(τ ) = u0 . To prove that u ∈ C([τ, T ]; H01 (Ω)), we put wm = um − u then we have ∂ ∂ m w − ∆ wm − ∆wm + f (um ) − f (u) = b(t, um t ) − b(t, ut ) . ∂t ∂t Multiplying this equation by wm and integrating over Ω, we obtain Z d m 2 m 2 m 2 (kw (t)k + k∇w (t)k ) + 2k∇w (t)k + 2 (f (um ) − f (u))wm dt Ω Z m m = 2 (b(t, ut ) − b(t, ut ))(u − u) . Ω By (2.2), (2.8) and Young’s inequality, we obtain d (kwm (t)k2 + k∇wm (t)k2 ) + 2k∇wm (t)k2 dt ≤ (2c3 + Lb )kwm (t)k2 + Lb kwtm k2L2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) . Hence, by (3.3), one gets d (kwm (t)k2 + k∇wm (t)k2 ) ≤ 2c3 kwm (t)k2 + Lb dt ≤ Z 0 kwm (t + θ)k2 dθ −r 2c3 + Lb k∇wm (t)k2 + 2Lb λ1 Z 0 kwm (t + θ)k2 dθ . −r Integrating over [τ, t], we obtain kwm (t)k2 + k∇wm (t)k2 − kwm (τ )k2 + k∇wm (τ )k2 Z Z tZ 0 2c3 + Lb t m 2 ≤ k∇w (s)k + Lb kwm (s + θ)k2 dθds λ1 τ τ −r Z Z 0Z t 2c3 + Lb t k∇wm (s)k2 + Lb kwm (s)k2 dsdθ ≤ λ1 τ −r τ −r Z Z τ Z t 2c3 + Lb t ≤ k∇wm (s)k2 + Lb r kwm (s)k2 ds + Lb r kwm (s)k2 ds . λ1 τ τ −r τ 2c3 +Lb Taking β > max , Lb r , we obtain λ1 kwm (t)k2 + k∇wm (t)k2 ≤ kwm (τ )k2 + k∇wm (τ )k2 10 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI Z τ kwm (s)k2 ds + β + Lb r τ −r EJDE-2016/07 t Z (k∇wm (s)k2 + kwm (s)k2 )ds . τ Applying the Gronwall lemma to this estimate, we obtain kwm (t)k2 + k∇wm (t)k2 Z ≤ kwm (τ )k2 + k∇wm (τ )k2 + Lb r 0 kwm (τ + θ)k2 dθ eβ(t−τ ) . (3.20) −r m 0 m Since u (τ ) → u and u (τ + θ) → ϕ(θ), the estimate (3.20) shows that um → u uniformly in C([τ, T ]; H01 (Ω)). By concatenation of solutions, it is clear that we obtain at least one global weak solution to (1.4) defined on (τ, +∞). Finally, we prove the uniqueness and continuous dependence of the solution on the data. To do this, we consider u1 , u2 two solutions of (1.4) with the same initial conditions u0 and ϕ. Let w = u1 − u2 , and similarly as in the proof of (3.20), we have kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 Z 0 (3.21) 2 2 ≤ kw(τ )k + k∇w(τ )k + 2Lb r kw(τ + θ)k2 dθ eβ(t−τ ) , −r and this completes the proof of the theorem because w(τ ) = 0, and w(τ +θ) = 0. 3.2. Pullback D-attractors. Invoking Theorem 3.2, we will apply the above results in the phase space X := H01 (Ω) × L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)), which is a Hilbert space with the norm Z 0 k(u0 , ϕ)k2X = k∇u0 k2 + kϕ(θ)k2 dθ , −r with a pair (u0 , ϕ) of X. First, we give the following consequence the theorem of the existence and uniqueness. Proposition 3.6. We consider g ∈ L2loc (R; L2 (Ω)), b : R × L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)) → L2 (Ω) with the hypotheses (I)–(IV) and f ∈ C 1 (R; R) satisfying (2.1)–(2.5). Then the family of mappings U (t, τ ) : X → X, (u0 , ϕ) 7−→ U (t, τ )(u0 , ϕ) = (u(t), ut ) , (3.22) 2 with (t, τ ) ∈ R and u the weak solution to (1.4), defines a continuous process. Next, we need to consider the Hilbert space X1 = H01 (Ω) × L2 ((−r, 0); H01 (Ω)) , with the norm 0 k(u , ϕ)k2X1 0 2 Z 0 = k∇u k + k∇ϕ(θ)k2 dθ . −r We remark that when t − τ ≥ r, U (t, τ ) maps X to X1 . To prove a pullback -absorbing set for the process U (t, τ ), we need the following lemma. Lemma 3.7. Assume that f satisfies (2.3), (2.6) and (2.7). For all u, v ∈ L2 ((τ − r, t); L2 (Ω)), b and g satisfy Z t Z t eσs kb(s, us ) − b(s, vs )k2 ds ≤ Cb eσs ku(s) − v(s)k2 ds , (3.23) τ τ −r EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 11 and Z t eσs kg(s)k2 ds < ∞ , ∀t ∈ R , (3.24) −∞ 1 where 0 < σ < δ 0 < min 2c4 , 2λ2λ . Then for all t for which t ≥ τ + r and all 1 +1 (u0 , ϕ) ∈ X, we have the estimates Z t o 2N N −2 eσs kg(s)k2 ds , (3.25) k∇u(t)k2 ≤ c e−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + 1 + e−σt −∞ Z t k∇u(s)k2 ds t−r −1 ≤ cµ Z n 2N N −2 −σ(t−τ −r) 0 σr −σ(t−r) e k(u , ϕ)kX + e e t (3.26) o e kg(s)k ds , σs 2 −∞ 0 where µ := 4(δ − σ − Cb λ1 ) > 0. Proof. Multiplying (1.4) by u + ∂u ∂t and integrating over Ω, we obtain Z 1 d d ∂u 2 2 2 2 (ku(t)k + 2k∇u(t)k ) + k u(t)k + k∇u(t)k + f (u)(u + ) 2 dt dt ∂t Ω d + k∇ u(t)k2 dt Z Z ∂u ∂u = b(t, ut )(u + )+ g(u + ). ∂t ∂t Ω Ω By (2.6), the Cauchy-Schwarz and Young inequalities, one gets Z Z 1 d (ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 + 2 F (u(t))) + k∇u(t)k2 + c4 F (u) 2 dt Ω Ω ≤ kb(t, ut )k2 + kg(t)k2 + (1 + δ)ku(t)k2 + cδ |Ω| . By (3.3), we obtain Z Z 2(1 + δ) d (ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 + 2 F (u(t))) + (2 − )k∇u(t)k2 + 2c4 F (u) dt λ1 Ω Ω ≤ 2kb(t, ut )k2 + 2kg(t)k2 + 2cδ |Ω| . We can choose δ small enough such that 2− 2(1 + δ) k∇u(t)k2 ≥ δ 0 (ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 ) , λ1 (3.27) 1 where δ 0 < min{2c4 , 2λ2λ }. So, we can write 1 +1 d γ1 (t) + δ 0 γ1 (t) ≤ 2kg(t)k2 + 2kb(t, ut )k2 + 2cδ |Ω| , dt (3.28) where γ1 (t) = ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 + 2 Z F (u(t)) . (3.29) Ω Multiplying (3.28) by eσt such that 0 < σ < δ 0 , we obtain eσt d γ1 (t) + δ 0 eσt γ1 (t) ≤ 2eσt (kg(t)k2 + kb(t, ut )k2 + cδ |Ω|) , dt (3.30) 12 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 whereupon d σt (e γ1 (t)) ≤ (σ − δ 0 )eσt γ1 (t) + 2eσt (kg(t)k2 + kb(t, ut )k2 + cδ |Ω|) . dt Integrating this last estimate over [τ, t], we find that γ1 (t) −σ(t−τ ) 0 −σt Z t eσs γ1 (s)ds γ1 (τ ) + (σ − δ )e τ Z t Z t Z t σs 2 −σt σs 2 −σt −σt eσs ds e kb(s, us )k ds + 2e cδ |Ω| e kg(s)k ds + 2e + 2e τ τ τ Z t Z t σs −σt −σ(t−τ ) 0 −σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds e γ1 (s)ds + 2e ≤e γ1 (τ ) + (σ − δ )e τ τ Z t + 2e−σt eσs kb(s, us )k2 ds + 2e−σt cδ |Ω|σ −1 (1 − e−σ(t−τ ) ) τ Z t ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) γ1 (τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs γ1 (s)ds τ Z t Z t + 2e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + 2e−σt eσs kb(s, us )k2 ds + 2e−σt cδ |Ω|σ −1 . ≤e τ τ Therefore, using (3.23) and (II), one has −σ(t−τ ) 0 −σt Z t Z t γ1 (τ ) + (σ − δ )e eσs γ1 (s)ds τ Z t Z t −σt σs 2 −σt + 2e e kg(s)k ds + 2Cb e eσs ku(s)k2 ds + 2cδ |Ω|σ −1 γ1 (t) ≤ e τ −r τ ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) γ1 (τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs γ1 (s)ds τ Z τ Z t + 2Cb e−σ(t−τ ) ku(s)k2 ds + 2Cb e−σt eσs ku(s)k2 ds τ −r + 2e−σt τ t Z eσs kg(s)k2 ds + 2cδ |Ω|σ −1 . τ (3.31) We use 2.7 in (3.29) to obtain γ1 (t) ≥ ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 − 2δku(t)k2 − 2c0δ |Ω| ≥ (1 − 2δ)ku(t)k2 + 2k∇u(t)k2 − 2c0δ |Ω| 1 ≥ k∇u(t)k2 . 2 (3.32) On the other hand, 2 Z 2 γ1 (τ ) = ku(τ )k + 2k∇u(τ )k + 2 F (u(τ )) . Ω By (2.3), we have Z Z k F (u) ≤ k |u| + α + 1 Ω Ω Z Ω |u|α+1 . (3.33) EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 13 Using the Holder inequality and the fact that α + 1 ≤ N2N −2 , one has Z Z Z p 2N c F (u) ≤ k |Ω|( |u|2 )1/2 + |u| N −2 α+1 Ω Ω Ω 2N p c ≤ k |Ω|kuk + . kuk N −2 2N α+1 L N −2 (Ω) 2N By the embedding of H01 (Ω) in L N −2 (Ω), (3.3) and the fact that 1 < Z p 2N c |Ω|k∇uk + k∇uk N −2 F (u) ≤ kλ−1 1 α+1 Ω p 2N 2N c −1 N −2 + |Ω|k∇uk k∇uk N −2 ≤ cλ1 α+1 p 2N c −1 ≤ (cλ1 |Ω| + )k∇uk N −2 α+1 2N N −2 , 2N ≤ ck∇uk N −2 , we have (3.34) where c is a positive constant. Using this inequality in (3.33), we obtain 2N γ1 (τ ) ≤ ku(τ )k2 + 2k∇u(τ )k2 + ck∇u(τ )k N −2 . Using (3.3) and 2 < 2N N −2 , one finds that 2N 2N 2 N −2 ≤ ck∇u(τ )k N −2 . γ1 (τ ) ≤ (λ−1 1 + 2)k∇u(τ )k + ck∇u(τ )k (3.35) We substitute (3.32) and (3.35) in (3.31), one gets Z τ 2N 1 2 −σ(t−τ ) −σ(t−τ ) N −2 k∇u(t)k ≤ ce k∇u(τ )k + 2Cb e ku(s)k2 ds 2 τ −r Z t Z + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs ku(s)k2 + 2k∇u(s)k2 + 2 F (u(s)) ds τ Ω Z t Z t + 2e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + 2Cb e−σt eσs ku(s)k2 ds + 2cδ |Ω|σ −1 . τ τ So, by (3.3), 2N k∇u(t)k2 ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k∇u(τ )k N −2 + 4Cb e−σ(t−τ ) Z τ ku(s)k2 ds τ −r 0 −σt Z t σs 2 2 Z + 2(σ − δ )e e (ku(s)k + 2k∇u(s)k + 2 F (u(s)))ds τ Ω Z t Z t 4Cb −σt e eσs k∇u(s)k2 ds + 4cδ |Ω|σ −1 . + 4e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + λ1 τ τ Then, for δ 0 − σ − Cb λ1 > 0 and the fact that 2 < N2N −2 , we have Z t Cb −σt k∇u(t)k2 + 4 δ 0 − σ − e eσs k∇u(s)k2 ds λ1 τ 2N 2N ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k∇u(τ )k N −2 + ce−σ(t−τ ) kϕkLN2−2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) Z t + 4e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + 4cδ |Ω|σ −1 τ n 2N 2N ≤ c e−σ(t−τ ) (k∇u0 k N −2 + kϕkLN2−2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ) 14 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI + 1 + e−σt t Z EJDE-2016/07 o eσs kg(s)k2 ds . τ By using (3.24), we have Z Cb −σt t σs k∇u(t)k + 4 δ − σ − e k∇u(s)k2 ds e λ1 τ n 2N 2N ≤ c e−σ(t−τ ) (k∇u0 k N −2 + kϕkLN2−2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ) Z t o eσs kg(s)k2 ds . + 1 + e−σt 0 2 (3.36) −∞ Whereupon, for all t ≥ τ , we obtain (3.25), and Z t eσs k∇u(s)k2 ds µe−σt τ Z n 2N N −2 −σ(t−τ ) ≤c e k(u0 , ϕ)kX + 1 + e−σt (3.37) t o eσs kg(s)k2 ds , −∞ Cb λ1 0 > 0. Furthermore, for τ ≤ t − r, we have where µ := 4 δ − σ − Z t Z t Z t eσs k∇u(s)k2 ds ≥ eσs k∇u(s)k2 ds ≥ eσ(t−r) k∇u(s)k2 ds , τ t−r t−r as [t − r, t] ⊂ [τ, t]. Hence, (3.37) becomes Z t −σr µe k∇u(s)k2 ds t−r Z n 2N N −2 ≤ c e−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + 1 + e−σt t o eσs kg(s)k2 ds . −∞ Therefore, for all t ≥ τ + r, we obtain (3.26), and this completes the proof. Let R be the set of all functions ρ : R → (0, +∞) such that 2N lim eσt ρ N −2 (t) = 0 . t→−∞ b = {D(t) : t ∈ R} ⊂ P(X) such that By D we denote the class of all families D D(t) ⊂ BX (0, ρ(t)), for some ρ ∈ R, where BX (0, ρ(t)) denotes the closed ball in X centered at 0 with radius ρ(t). Let Z t −σt ρ1 (t) = c 1 + e eσs kg(s)k2 ds , −∞ 0 and R(t) ≥ 0, R (t) ≥ 0, where R2 (t) = (1 + µ−1 eσr )ρ1 (t) , N R02 (t) = cρ1N −2 (t) + cρ1 (t) + ckgk2L2 ([t−r,t];L2 (Ω)) . Lemma 3.8 (Pullback D-absorbing set). Under the assumptions of Lemma 3.7, b given by the family B n o dφ B(t) = (v 0 , φ) ∈ X1 : k(v 0 , φ)kX1 ≤ R(t), k kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ≤ R0 (t) , (3.38) ds is pullback D-absorbing for the process U (., .) defined by (3.22) . EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 15 Proof. First, we observe that for all t ∈ R, B(t) ⊂ {(v 0 , φ) ∈ X : k(v 0 , φ)kX ≤ R(t)} , (3.39) with 2N lim eσt R N −2 (t) = 0 , t→−∞ b ∈ D. and so B Now, we prove that U (t, τ )D(τ ) ⊂ B(t), for all τ ≤ τ0 . To do this, we proceed in two steps. Step 1. This step concerns the asymptotic estimate using R(t) for t ∈ R, fixed. It may be proved as follows. By definition, we have Z t 0 2 2 k∇u(s)k2 ds . (3.40) kU (t, τ )(u , ϕ)kX1 = k∇u(t)k + t−r From (3.26), for any t − r ≥ τ , we have Z t 2N N −2 k∇u(s)k2 ds ≤ cµ−1 e−σ(t−τ −r) k(u0 , ϕ)kX t−r + µ−1 eσr c(1 + e−σt Z (3.41) t eσs kg(s)k2 ds) , −∞ 0 for any (u , ϕ) ∈ X. We substitute this inequality and (3.25) in (3.40); by the definition of ρ1 (t), we obtain 2N N −2 (1 + µ−1 eσr ) + (1 + µ−1 eσr )ρ1 (t) kU (t, τ )(u0 , ϕ)k2X1 ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX 2N N −2 ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX (1 + µ−1 eσr ) + R2 (t) , for all t − r ≥ τ and all (u0 , ϕ) ∈ X. Hence kU (t, τ )(u0 , ϕ)k2X1 ≤ R2 (t) , as e στ (3.42) → 0 when τ → −∞. Step 2. This step concerns the asymptotic estimate using R0 (t). We assume that t − 2r ≥ τ . Multiplying (1.4) by ∂u ∂t and integrating over Ω, we obtain Z d 1 d 1 1 k u(t)k2 + (k∇u(t)k2 + 2 F (u)) ≤ kb(t, ut )k2 + kg(t)k2 . dt 2 dt 2 2 Ω Integrating over [t − r, t], we find Z t Z d 1 k u(s)k2 ds + k∇u(t)k2 + 2 F (u(t)) 2 t−r ds Ω Z 1 ≤ (k∇u(t − r)k2 + 2 F (u(t − r))) 2 Ω Z Z 1 t 1 t + kg(s)k2 ds + kb(s, us )k2 ds . 2 t−r 2 t−r From (II), (IV), and (3.3), one has Z t Z t Z kb(s, us )k2 ds ≤ Cb ku(s)k2 ds ≤ Cb λ−1 1 t−r t−2r t t−2r k∇u(s)k2 ds . (3.43) 16 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 By this estimate and (3.43), Z t Z d 1 k u(s)k2 ds ≤ (k∇u(t − r)k2 + 2 F (u(t − r))) 2 t−r ds Ω Z Z t Cb λ−1 1 t 2 1 kg(s)k ds + k∇u(s)k2 ds . + 2 t−r 2 t−2r By (3.34) and the fact that 2 < N2N −2 , we have Z t 2N d 1 k u(s)k2 ds ≤ (k∇u(t − r)k2 + 2ck∇u(t − r)k N −2 ) ds 2 t−r Z Z t Cb λ−1 1 t 2 1 kg(s)k ds + k∇u(s)k2 ds + 2 t−r 2 t−2r 2N ≤ ck∇u(t − r)k N −2 + ckgk2L2 ([t−r,t];L2 (Ω)) Z t +c k∇u(s)k2 ds . (3.44) t−2r Now, we estimate k∇u(t − r)k2 . Replacing t by t − r in (3.25), we obtain 2N N −2 k∇u(t − r)k2 ≤ ce−σ(t−r−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX Z t−r + c 1 + e−σ(t−r) eσ(s−r) kg(s − r)k2 ds . −∞ Because t − r ≤ t and eσr > 1, we have 2N N −2 k∇u(t − r)k2 ≤ ceσr e−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX Z t + eσr c(1 + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds) −∞ σr −σ(t−τ ) ≤ ce e 2N N −2 + eσr ρ1 (t) . k(u , ϕ)kX 0 Hence NN−2 2N 2N N −2 k∇u(t − r)k N −2 ≤ ceσr e−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + eσr ρ1 (t) . Since N N −2 > 1, using a convexity argument, 2N N 2N 2 2 N (N −2) k∇u(t − r)k N −2 ≤ ce− N −2 σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + cρ1N −2 (t) . Using (3.26), and taking 2r in place of r, we have Z t 2N N −2 k∇u(s)k2 ds ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + cρ1 (t) , (3.45) (3.46) t−2r for any t − 2r ≥ τ . From (3.44)-(3.46) we conclude that for all t − 2r ≥ τ and all (u0 , ϕ) ∈ X, Z t 2N 2 2N N d (N −2)2 N −2 k u(s)k2 ds ≤ ce− N −2 σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + ce−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX t−r ds N + cρ1N −2 (t) + cρ1 (t) + ckgk2L2 ([t−r,t];L2 (Ω)) . EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 17 Hence, for all t − 2r ≥ τ and for any (u0 , ϕ) ∈ X, we have Z t d k u(s)k2 ds ds t−r 2N N 2N 2 2 (N −2) N −2 + ce− N −2 σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX + R02 (t) , ≤ ce−σ(t−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX so we obtain Z t d u(s)k2 ds ≤ R02 (t) , (3.47) ds t−r as eστ → 0 when τ → −∞. Then, it is clear to see from (3.42), (3.47) and the b given by (3.38) is pullback D-absorbing for the definition of D that the family B process U (., .). k In what follows, we need the following result. Proposition 3.9. Let {U (t, τ )} be a process on X, and let {B(t) : t ∈ R} be a b ∈ D and pullback D-absorbing set of {U (t, τ )}. Suppose that for each t ∈ R, any B b ε) ≤ t and δ > 0 such that any ε > 0, there exist τ0 = τ0 (t, B, (1) for all τ ≤ τ0 and (u(t), ut ) ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ), kP (u(t), ut )kX1 is bounded; (2) for all τ ≤ τ0 and (u(t), ut ) ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ), k(I − P )(u(t), ut )kX1 < ε; (3) for all τ ≤ τ0 , ut ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ) and all l ∈ R with |l| < δ, we have kP (Tl ut − ut )kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) < ε , where Tl ut is the translation (Tl ut )(θ) = u(t + θ + l) with θ ∈ (−r, 0) and P is the canonical projector on the finite dimensional subspace Vn of H01 (Ω) and L2 (Ω), and I is the identity. Then {U (t, τ )} is pullback ω-D-limit compact in X with respect to each t ∈ R. Proof. (i) First, we prove that {U (t, τ )} is pullback ω-D-limit compact in X1 . Note that by (2) in the Lemma 2.6, one has K ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) ≤ K P ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) (3.48) + K (I − P )(∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ )) . Assumption (1) gives that {P ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ )} is contained in a ball of finite radius. So by (3) in Lemma 2.6, we obtain K P ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) ≤ K(B(0, ε0 )) , (3.49) and by (6) in Lemma 2.6, we obtain K(B(0, ε0 )) ≤ 2ε0 . (3.50) Thus, by (3.49) and (3.50) it follows that K P ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) ≤ 2ε0 . (3.51) On the other hand, assumption (2) and property (6) in Lemma 2.6 give K (I − P ) ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) ≤ 2ε . (3.52) Therefore, by (3.48), (3.51) and (3.52) we deduce that K ∪τ ≤τ0 U (t, τ )B(τ ) ≤ 2ε0 , 18 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 where ε0 := ε0 + ε, and this shows that {U (t, τ )} is pullback D-w-limit compact 0 0 0 0 in X1 , i.e.; for all τ ≤ τ0 , any sequences τ n → −∞ and (u0,n , ϕn ) ∈ B(τ n ), the 0 0 0 0 0 sequence {(un (t), unt )} = {U (t, τ n )(u0,n , ϕn )} is relatively compact in X1 . (ii) Second, we will check the equicontinuity property of ut in L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)). To this end, we need to use the Lp -version of Arzelà-Ascoli theorem (see [3, theorem IV.25, p.72]). Assumption (2) gives k(I − P )ut kL2 ((−r,0);H01 (Ω)) < ε . (3.53) Since H01 (Ω) ,→ L2 (Ω) with continuous injection, we have k(I − P )ut kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ≤ c5 k(I − P )ut kL2 ((−r,0);H01 (Ω)) . So by this estimate and (3.53), one has k(I − P )ut kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) < ε0 , (3.54) 0 where ε := c5 ε. From (3.54) and assumption (3), we deduce that for all τ ≤ τ0 , ut ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ) and all l ∈ R+ with l < δ, we have kTl ut − ut kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) ≤ kP (Tl ut − ut )kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) + k(I − P )(Tl ut − ut )kL2 ((−r,0);L2 (Ω)) < ε00 , with ε00 := ε + ε0 and this is the desired equicontinuity. 0 From (i), we deduce that {unt } is relatively compact in L2 ((−r, 0); H01 (Ω)), and 0 (ii) gives that {unt } is relatively compact in L2 ((−r, 0); L2 (Ω)). Therefore, we conclude that {U (t, τ )} is pullback ω-D-limit compact in X, which completes the proof. Theorem 3.10. The process {U (t, τ )} corresponding to (1.4) has a pullback Db = {A(t) : t ∈ R} in X. attractor A Proof. From Lemma 3.8, {U (t, τ )} has a family of Pullback D-absorbing sets in X. By Theorem 2.8, it remains to show that {U (t, τ )} is Pullback w-D-limit compact. To this end, we need to check conditions (1)-(3) in Proposition 3.9. To this aim, we decompose f as f = f0 + f1 , 1 where f0 , f1 ∈ C (R, R) satisfy f0 (u)u ≥ −c1 u2 − c2 , f00 (u) ≥ −c3 , (3.55) (3.56) α (3.57) α (3.58) |f0 (u)| ≤ k(1 + |u| ) , |f1 (u)| ≤ k(1 + |u| ) . The delayed forcing term b is decomposed as b = b0 + b1 , 2 where b0 , b1 : R × L ((−r, 0); L (Ω)) → L2 (Ω) satisfy (a) b0 (t, 0) = 0 for all t ∈ R; (b) there exists Cb0 > 0 such that for all t ≥ τ and all u, v ∈ L2 ([τ −r, t]; L2 (Ω)), Z t Z t kb0 (s, us ) − b0 (s, vs )k2 ds ≤ Cb0 ku(s) − v(s)k2 ds ; (3.59) τ 2 τ −r EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 19 (c) b1 (t, 0) = 0 for all t ∈ R; (d) there exists Cb1 > 0 such that for all t ≥ τ and all u, v ∈ L2 ([τ −r, t]; L2 (Ω)), Z t Z t eσs kb1 (s, us ) − b1 (s, vs )k2 ds ≤ Cb1 eσs ku(s) − v(s)k2 ds , (3.60) τ −r τ Let λ1 , λ2 , . . . be the eigenvalues of −∆ in H01 (Ω) and w1 , w2 , . . . the corresponding eigenfunctions. Then we have 0 < λ1 ≤ λ2 ≤ . . . ≤ λn → +∞ as n → +∞. Then {w1 , w2 , . . .} form an orthogonal basis in L2 (Ω) and H01 (Ω). Let Vn = span{w1 , w2 , . . . , wn }, P be the canonical projector on Vn and I be the identity. Then we decompose U (t, τ )(u0 , ϕ) = (u(t), ut ) as u(t) = P u(t) + (I − P )u(t) = v(t) + w(t), and ut = P ut + (I − P )ut = vt + wt . Here v and w solve the following problems: ∂ ∂ v − ∆ v − ∆v + f0 (v) = b0 (t, vt ) ∂t ∂t v = 0 on ∂Ω (3.61) v(τ, x) = P u0 v(τ + θ, x) = P ϕ(θ), θ ∈ (−r, 0) and ∂ ∂ w − ∆ w − ∆w + f (u) − f0 (v) = b(t, ut ) − b0 (t, vt ) + g ∂t ∂t w = 0 on ∂Ω (3.62) w(τ, x) = (I − P )u0 w(τ + θ, x) = (I − P )ϕ(θ), θ ∈ (−r, 0) First, we establish that for all τ ≤ τ0 , (u(t), ut ) ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ) and satisfies kP (u(t), ut )kX1 < +∞. To do this, we multiply (3.61) by v and integrating over Ω; to obtain Z Z d 2 2 2 (kv(t)k + k∇v(t)k ) + 2k∇v(t)k + 2 f0 (v)v = 2 b0 (t, vt )v . dt Ω Ω By (3.55) and the Cauchy inequality one obtains d (kv(t)k2 + k∇v(t)k2 ) + 2k∇v(t)k2 dt 1 ≤ 2c1 kv(t)k2 + 2c2 |Ω| + kb0 (t, vt )k2 + ε4 kv(t)k2 ε4 1 ≤ (2c1 + ε4 )kv(t)k2 + 2c2 |Ω| + kb0 (t, vt )k2 . ε4 Integrating from τ to t, for τ ≤ t ≤ T , we have Z t 2 2 kv(t)k + k∇v(t)k + 2 k∇v(s)k2 ds τ Z t 2 2 ≤ kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + (2c1 + ε4 ) kv(s)k2 ds τ 20 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI + 1 ε4 Z EJDE-2016/07 t kb0 (s, vs )k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . τ Using (3.59) and (a), one has 2 Z 2 t k∇v(s)k2 ds Z t 2 2 ≤ kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + (2c1 + ε4 ) kv(s)k2 ds τ Z Cb t + kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) ε4 τ Z t 2 2 kv(s)k2 ds ≤ kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + (2c1 + ε4 ) τ Z τ Z t Cb Cb + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . ε4 τ −r ε4 τ kv(t)k + k∇v(t)k + 2 τ So, one has kv(t)k2 + k∇v(t)k2 + 2 t Z k∇v(s)k2 ds Z Cb0 τ 2 2 kv(s)k2 ds ≤ kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + ε4 τ −r Z t Cb + (2c1 + ε4 + 0 ) kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . ε4 τ τ By (3.3), one obtains kv(t)k2 + k∇v(t)k2 + 2 Z t k∇v(s)k2 ds τ Z τ Cb 2 2 kv(s)k2 ds ≤ kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + 0 ε4 τ −r C Z t 2c1 + ε4 + εb40 k∇v(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . + λ1 τ Thus, one finds that 2 2 kv(t)k + k∇v(t)k + 2 − ≤ kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 2c1 + ε4 + λ1 Cb0 ε4 By the Theorem 3.2, we have η1 := 2 − gives k∇v(t)k2 ≤ kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + Cb ε4 Z Z t k∇v(s)k2 ds τ τ kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(t − τ ) . τ −r 2c1 +ε4 + λ1 Cb0 ε4 Z Cb 0 ε4 > 0. So the previous estimate τ τ −r kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) , (3.63) EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 21 and t Z k∇v(s)k2 ds τ Z τ n o Cb ≤ η1−1 kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) . ε4 τ −r (3.64) Therefore, for t − r ≥ τ , with([t − r, t] ⊂ [τ, t]), we have Z t Z t k∇v(s)k2 ds ≤ k∇v(s)k2 ds t−r τ ≤ η1−1 (kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + Cb0 ε4 Z τ kv(s)k2 ds) (3.65) τ −r + 2c2 η1−1 |Ω|(T − τ ) . We add (3.63) and (3.65) to obtain Z t 2 k∇v(t)k + k∇v(s)k2 ds t−r Z n o Cb0 τ (3.66) −1 2 2 ≤ (1 + η1 ) kv(τ )k + k∇v(τ )k + kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) ε4 τ −r := M 2 . Hence, one obtains kP (u(t), ut )kX1 ≤ M , which means that the condition (1) in Proposition 3.9 holds true. Now, taking the inner product in L2 (Ω) of (3.62) with w, we obtain Z d (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + 2k∇w(t)k2 + 2 (f (u) − f0 (v))w dt Ω Z Z = 2 (b(t, ut ) − b0 (t, vt ))w + 2 g w. Ω (3.67) Ω Since f0 (v) = f (v) − f1 (v) and b0 (t, vt ) = b(t, vt ) − b1 (t, vt ), we obtain Z Z d (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + 2k∇w(t)k2 + 2 |f (u) − f (v)||w| + 2 |f1 (v)||w| dt Ω Ω Z Z Z ≤2 |b(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )| |w| + 2 |b1 (t, vt )||w| + 2 |g| |w| . Ω Ω Ω By (2.2), we have Z (f (u) − f (v))(u − v) ≥ −c3 ku − vk2 . (3.68) Ω Thus, by (3.68) and the Cauchy inequality, (3.67) leads to d (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + 2k∇w(t)k2 dt ≤ (2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 )kw(t)k2 (3.69) Z 1 1 1 +2 |f1 (v)| |w| + kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + kb1 (t, vt )k2 + kg(t)k2 . ε1 ε5 ε2 Ω 22 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 By (3.58) and the Holder inequality, Z Z |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ k (1 + |v|α )|w| Ω Ω ≤k Z α (1 + |v| ) +2 Z N2N 2N N +2 ≤c −2 N2N Ω Ω Z 2N |w| N −2 (1 + |v| α N2N +2 ) +2 N2N kwk 2N L N −2 (Ω) Ω . 4 2N 2N N +2 Since α < min{ N −2 , 2 + N }, one has α N +2 < N −2 for all N ≥ 3. Then Z +2 Z N2N 2N |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ c kwk N2N (1 + c|v| N −2 ) −2 Ω L Ω 2N N −2 2N L N −2 +2 N2N (Ω) kwk 2N As above, one gets Z 2N N +2 N +2 2N |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ c(|Ω| 2N + ckvk N −2 )kwk 2N 2N ≤ c |Ω| + ckvk L N −2 (Ω) (Ω) L N −2 (Ω) Ω . L N −2 (Ω) N +2 ≤ c(1 + kvk N −2 2N L N −2 (Ω) )kwk 2N L N −2 (Ω) . 2N By the embedding of H01 (Ω) in L N −2 (Ω), we have Z N +2 N +2 |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ c(1 + ck∇vk N −2 )k∇wk ≤ c(1 + k∇vk N −2 )k∇wk Ω By (3.66), we obtain Z N +2 |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ c(1 + M N −2 )k∇wk ≤ ck∇wk , Ω as k∇vk N +2 N −2 N +2 N −2 ≤M , and Z c2 ε3 ε3 |f1 (v)| |w| ≤ + k∇w(t)k2 ≤ c + k∇w(t)k2 , 2ε 2 2 3 Ω via the Cauchy inequality. By the above estimate and (3.69), one obtains d (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + (2 − ε3 )k∇w(t)k2 dt 1 ≤ (2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 )kw(t)k2 + kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 ε1 1 1 2 2 + kb1 (t, vt )k + kg(t)k + c . ε5 ε2 Using (3.3), one has d (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + (2 − ε3 )k∇w(t)k2 dt 2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 1 1 ≤ k∇w(t)k2 + kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + kb1 (t, vt )k2 λ1 ε1 ε5 1 + kg(t)k2 + c . ε2 EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 23 For λ1 > c3 , ε3 < 1, and ε1 , ε2 , ε5 small enough, we have 2 − ε3 − 2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 > 0. λ1 So one gets d 2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 (kw(t)k2 + k∇w(t)k2 ) + (2 − ε3 − )k∇w(t)k2 dt λ1 1 1 1 ≤ kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + kb1 (t, vt )k2 + kg(t)k2 + c . ε1 ε5 ε2 1 Similarly as in (3.27), we can choose the positive constant δ 0 < min{2c4 , 2λ2λ } 1 +1 such that 2c3 + ε1 + ε2 + ε5 k∇w(t)k2 . δ 0 (k∇w(t)k2 + kw(t)k2 ) ≤ 2 − ε3 − λ1 In fact, 1 1 1 d y(t) + δ 0 y(t) ≤ kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + kb1 (t, vt )k2 + kg(t)k2 + c , dt ε1 ε5 ε2 where y(t) = k∇w(t)k2 + kw(t)k2 . Multiplying this last inequality by eσt , such that σ < δ 0 , to find that d y(t) + δ 0 eσt y(t) dt 1 1 1 ≤ eσt kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + eσt kb1 (t, vt )k2 + eσt kg(t)k2 + ceσt . ε1 ε5 ε2 eσt On the other hand, we have d σt d (e y(t)) = σeσt y(t) + eσt y(t) dt dt ≤ (σ − δ 0 )eσt y(t) + eσt + 1 1 kb(t, ut ) − b(t, vt )k2 + eσt kb1 (t, vt )k2 ε1 ε5 1 σt e kg(t)k2 + ceσt . ε2 Integrating from τ to t, we obtain Z t y(t) ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) y(τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs y(s)ds τ Z t Z t 1 1 eσs kb(s, us ) − b(s, vs )k2 ds + e−σt eσs kb1 (s, vs )k2 ds + e−σt ε1 ε 5 τ τ Z Z t 1 −σt t σs 2 −σt σs + e e kg(s)k ds + ce e ds ε2 τ τ Z t ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) y(τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs y(s)ds τ Z Z 1 −σt t σs 1 −σt t σs 2 + e e kb(s, us ) − b(s, vs )k ds + e e kb1 (s, vs )k2 ds ε1 ε5 τ τ Z 1 −σt t σs + e e kg(s)k2 ds + c(1 − e−σ(t−τ ) ) . ε2 τ 24 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 We use (3.23), (3.60) and (c) to get Z t y(t) ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) y(τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt eσs y(s)ds τ Z Z t Cb −σt t σs Cb + e ku(s) − v(s)k2 ds + 0 e−σt eσs kv(s)k2 ds e ε1 ε5 τ −r τ −r Z t 1 + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c(1 − e−σ(t−τ ) ) ε2 τ Z t −σ(t−τ ) eσs y(s)ds ≤e y(τ ) + (σ − δ 0 )e−σt τ Z Z Cb −σt τ σs Cb −σt t σs 2 + e e kw(s)k ds + e e kw(s)k2 ds ε1 ε1 τ −r τ Z Z Cb0 −σt t σs Cb0 −σt τ σs 2 e e e kv(s)k ds + e kv(s)k2 ds + ε5 ε5 τ −r τ Z t 1 + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c . ε2 τ Since Z t σs 2 e kw(s)k ds ≤ e τ −r Z t στ eσs kv(s)k2 ds ≤ eστ τ −r τ Z 2 Z t kw(s)k ds + τ −r Z τ eσs kw(s)k2 ds , τ kv(s)k2 ds + eσt τ −r Z t kv(s)k2 ds , τ by (3.3) and (3.64), one obtains −σ(t−τ ) 0 −σt Z t y(τ ) + (σ − δ )e eσs y(s)ds τ Z Z Cb −σt t σs Cb −σ(t−τ ) τ e e kw(s)k2 ds + e k∇w(s)k2 ds + ε1 ε1 λ1 τ −r τ Z t Z τ Cb Cb0 + 0 e−σ(t−τ ) k∇v(s)k2 ds kv(s)k2 ds + ε5 ε λ 5 1 τ τ −r Z 1 −σt t σs + e e kg(s)k2 ds + c ε2 τ Z t −σ(t−τ ) 0 −σt ≤e y(τ ) + (σ − δ )e eσs y(s)ds τ Z Z Cb −σ(t−τ ) τ Cb −σt t σs 2 + e kw(s)k ds + e e k∇w(s)k2 ds ε1 ε1 λ1 τ −r τ Z τ Z t Cb 1 + 0 e−σ(t−τ ) kv(s)k2 ds + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c ε5 ε2 τ −r τ Z τ o Cb0 −1 n Cb + η1 kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) . ε5 λ1 ε4 τ −r y(t) ≤ e For µ0 := δ 0 − σ − Cb ε1 λ1 > 0, one has Z t 2 2 0 −σt k∇w(t)k + kw(t)k + µ e eσs k∇w(s)k2 ds τ EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY 25 Z Z τ Cb τ Cb kw(s)k2 ds + 0 kv(s)k2 ds) ε1 τ −r ε5 τ −r Z τ o Cb0 −1 n Cb + kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) η1 kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 ε5 λ1 ε4 τ −r Z t 1 eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c , (3.70) + e−σt ε2 τ ≤ e−σ(t−τ ) (k∇w(τ )k2 + kw(τ )k2 + whereupon k∇w(t)k2 + kw(t)k2 Z Z Cb τ Cb0 τ 2 2 2 −σ(t−τ ) k∇w(τ )k + kw(τ )k + kw(s)k ds + kv(s)k2 ds ≤e ε1 τ −r ε5 τ −r Z τ n o Cb0 −1 Cb + η1 kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) ε5 λ 1 ε4 τ −r Z t 1 + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c , ε2 τ (3.71) and Z t µ0 e−σt eσs k∇w(s)k2 ds τ Z Z τ Cb Cb τ −σ(t−τ ) kw(s)k2 ds + 0 kv(s)k2 ds) ≤e (k∇w(τ )k2 + kw(τ )k2 + ε1 τ −r ε5 τ −r Z τ o Cb0 −1 n Cb + η1 kv(τ )k2 + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) ε5 λ 1 ε4 τ −r Z t 1 + e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c , ε2 τ (3.72) For t − r ≥ τ , we have t Z eσs k∇w(s)k2 ds ≥ τ Z t eσs k∇w(s)k2 ds ≥ eσ(t−r) t−r Z t k∇w(s)k2 ds . t−r So, by this inequality, (3.72) becomes Z t k∇w(s)k2 ds t−r Z Cb τ kw(s)k2 ds ≤ µ0−1 e−σ(t−τ −r) k∇w(τ )k2 + kw(τ )k2 + ε1 τ −r Z τ µ0−1 η −1 C n Cb b0 σr 1 + 0 kv(s)k2 ds + e kv(τ )k2 ε5 τ −r ε5 λ1 Z τ o Cb kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) + k∇v(τ )k2 + 0 ε4 τ −r Z t 0−1 µ −σ(t−r) e eσs kg(s)k2 ds + ceσr . + ε2 τ (3.73) 26 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 We add (3.71) and (3.73), and we use (3.24) to obtain Z t k∇w(s)k2 ds k∇w(t)k2 + t−r ≤ k∇w(t)k2 + kw(t)k2 + Z t k∇w(s)k2 ds t−r Z n Cb τ 2 −σ(t−τ ) k∇w(τ )k + kw(τ )k2 + ≤ e kw(s)k2 ds ε1 τ −r Z η −1 C n Cb0 τ b0 + kv(s)k2 ds + 1 kv(τ )k2 ε5 τ −r ε5 λ1 Z o Cb0 τ 2 kv(s)k2 ds + 2c2 |Ω|(T − τ ) + k∇v(τ )k + ε4 τ −r Z t o 1 + ( e−σt eσs kg(s)k2 ds + c) (1 + µ0−1 eσr ) . ε2 −∞ (3.74) Then, (3.74) shows that for all ε > 0 , τ ≤ τ0 and all (u(t), ut ) ∈ U (t, τ )B(τ ), one has k(I − P )(u(t), ut )k2X1 ≤ ε2 . Finally, by considering the ordinary functional differential system (3.61), we have k∆vk2 ≤ λm k∇vk2 ≤ λ2m kvk2 , as m m m X X X k∇vk2 = h∆v, vi = h hv, wi iλi wi , hv, wj iwj i = λi hv, wi i2 , i=1 and (3.75) j=1 i=1 k∆vk2 = h∆v, ∆vi m m X X hv, wj iλj wj i = h hv, wi iλi wi , = j=1 i=1 m X λ2i hv, wi i2 ≤ λm i=1 m X (3.76) λi hv, wi i2 . i=1 Now, we check the equicontinuity property of the solutions {v(·)} in the space L2 ([t − r, t]; L2 (Ω)). Then, for any t1 ∈ [t − r, t], any l ∈ R+ with l < δ and for [t1 , t1 + l] ⊂ [t − r, t], we have kTl v(t1 ) − v(t1 )k = kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k Z 1 dv(t1 + s) ≤ k kds dt1 0 Z 1 Z 1 d ≤ k∆ v(t1 + s)kds + k∆v(t1 + s)kds dt1 0 0 Z 1 Z 1 + kf0 (v)kds + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )kds , 0 0 and so 2 kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k ≤ Z 0 1 d k∆ v(t1 + s)kds + dt1 Z 1 k∆v(t1 + s)kds 0 EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY Z 1 Z kf0 (v)kds + + 0 1 27 2 kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )kds . 0 Consequently, kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k2 Z 1 Z 1 2 d ≤2 k∆ k∆v(t1 + s)kds v(t1 + s)kds + dt1 0 0 Z 1 Z 1 2 +2 kf0 (v)kds + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )kds 0 0 1 2 Z 1 2 d ≤4 k∆ v(t1 + s)kds + 4 k∆v(t1 + s)kds dt1 0 0 Z 1 2 Z 1 2 +4 kf0 (v)kds + 4 kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )kds Z 0 0 By Holder inequality, kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k2 Z 1 Z 1 d 2 v(t1 + s)k ds + 4l k∆v(t1 + s)k2 ds ≤ 4l k∆ dt1 0 0 Z 1 Z 1 2 + 4l kf0 (v)k ds + 4l kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 ds Z 0 1 0 d ≤ 4l k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 ds + dt1 0 Z 1 + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 ds , 1 Z k∆v(t1 + s)k2 ds + Z 0 1 kf0 (v)k2 ds 0 0 which after integration over [t − r, t] leads to Z t kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k2 dt1 t−r Z 1 d 2 ≤ 4l v(t1 + s)k ds + k∆ k∆v(t1 + s)k2 ds dt1 t−r 0 0 Z 1 Z 1 + kf0 (v)k2 ds + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 ds dt1 Z t Z 1 0 0 Z 1Z t d v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds + k∆v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds dt 1 0 t−r 0 t−r Z 1Z t Z 1Z t + kf0 (v)k2 dt1 ds + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 ds . ≤ 4l Z 0 1 Z t k∆ t−r 0 t−r Next we will estimate the five terms on the right-hand side of the equation. By (3.75), we have Z t Z t k∆v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ≤ λm k∇v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 . t−r t−r From (3.25), one has Z t Z 2N N −2 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ≤ ck(u0 , ϕ)kX t−r t t−r e−σ(t1 +s−τ ) dt1 (3.77) 28 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI Z t +c EJDE-2016/07 Z 1 + e−σ(t1 +s) t1 +s 0 eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 dt1 −∞ t−r 2N c N −2 ≤ k(u0 , ϕ)kX e−σ(t−r+s−τ ) − e−σ(t+s−τ ) + cr σ Z t 0 c −σ(t−r+s) −σ(t+s) eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 + e −e σ −∞ 2N c N −2 −σ(t−r+s−τ ) 0 ≤ k(u , ϕ)kX e σ Z c −σ(t−r+s) t σs0 e kg(s0 )k2 ds0 + cr . (3.78) + e σ −∞ Integrating over [0, l], we obtain Z 1Z t k∇v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds t−r 0 2N c N −2 −σ(t−r−τ ) ≤ 2 k(u0 , ϕ)kX e (1 − e−σl ) σ Z t c + 2 e−σ(t−r) (1 − e−σl ) eσs kg(s)k2 ds + crl . σ −∞ By (3.75) and (3.79), we have Z 1Z t 2N c N −2 −σ(t−r−τ ) e (1 − e−σl ) k∆v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds ≤ λm 2 k(u0 , ϕ)kX σ 0 t−r Z t c + λm 2 e−σ(t−r) (1 − e−σl ) eσs kg(s)k2 ds + λm crl → 0 as l → 0 . σ −∞ From (a) and (3.59), we obtain Z t Z kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 ≤ Cb0 t−r (3.79) (3.80) t kv(t1 + s)k2 dt1 . t−2r Using (3.3), one has Z t Z −1 2 kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k dt1 ≤ Cb0 λ1 t−r t k∇v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 . t−2r By (3.25), one gets Z t kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 t−r 2N N −2 0 ≤ Cb0 λ−1 1 ck(u , ϕ)kX + Cb0 λ−1 1 c Z Z t e−σ(t1 +s−τ ) dt1 t−2r t t−2r dt1 + Cb0 λ−1 1 c Z t t−2r e−σ(t1 +s) Z t1 +s 0 eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 dt1 −∞ 2N c N −2 ≤ k(u0 , ϕ)kX (e−σ(t−2r+s−τ ) − e−σ(t+s−τ ) ) σ Z t 0 −1 −1 c −σ(t−2r+s) −σ(t+s) + 2Cb0 λ1 cr + Cb0 λ1 e −e eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 σ −∞ 2N −1 c N −2 −σ(t−2r+s−τ ) 0 ≤ Cb0 λ1 k(u , ϕ)kX e σ Cb0 λ−1 1 EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY −1 c −σ(t−2r+s) + 2Cb0 λ−1 e 1 cr + Cb0 λ1 σ Z t 29 0 eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 . (3.81) −∞ Integrating over [0, l], we obtain Z 1Z t kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 ds t−r 0 Z 1 2N c N −2 0 ≤ k(u , ϕ)kX e−σ(t−2r+s−τ ) ds σ 0 Z t Z 1 Z 1 −1 −1 c σs0 0 2 0 −σ(t−2r+s) e kg(s )k ds ds + 2Cb0 λ1 cr ds + Cb0 λ1 e σ 0 −∞ 0 2N c N −2 −σ(t−2r−τ ) ≤ Cb0 λ−1 k(u0 , ϕ)kX e (1 − e−σl ) 1 2 σ Z t 0 c −σ(t−2r) −σl eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 + 2Cb0 λ−1 e (1 − e ) (3.82) + Cb0 λ−1 1 crl 1 2 σ −∞ → 0 as l → 0 . Cb0 λ−1 1 Now, it is clear from (3.57) that kf0 (v)k2 ≤ Z k 2 (1 + |v|α )2 dx . Ω By (3.3) and the fact that 2α < N4N −2 , one has Z kf0 (v)k2 ≤ 2k 2 (1 + |v|2α )dx Ω 2 ≤ 2k |Ω| + 2k 2 kv(t1 + s)k2α 4N N −2 . ≤ 2k 2 |Ω| + 2k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 k∇v(t1 + s)k (3.83) By (3.25), we have n 2N 4N N −2 k∇v(t1 + s)k N −2 ≤ ce−σ(t1 +s−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX Z t1 +s o N2N 0 −2 . + c(1 + e−σ(t1 +s) eσ(s ) kg(s0 )k2 ds0 ) −∞ Similarly, one obtains 4N k∇v(t1 + s)k N −2 2N 2N 2N N −2 N −2 ≤ 2 N −2 −1 ce−σ(t1 +s−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX Z t1 +s N2N 0 2N 2N −2 eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 + 2 N −2 −1 c N −2 1 + e−σ(t1 +s) −∞ N +2 N −2 2N N −2 ( −σ(t1 +s−τ ) N2N −2 2N )2 2N +4 2N k(u0 , ϕ)kXN −2 + 2 N −2 c N −2 Z t1 +s N2N 2N +4 0 2N −2 −σ(t1 +s) N2N N −2 N −2 −2 +2 c e eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 . ≤2 c e −∞ Hence by (3.83) and (3.84), one obtains Z t kf0 (v)k2 dt1 t−r (3.84) 30 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI ≤ 2k 2 |Ω| Z t 1dt1 + 2k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 Z t−r t EJDE-2016/07 4N k∇v(t1 + s)k N −2 dt1 t−r N +2 2N 2N 2N k2 ( 2N )2 N −2 c N −2 − e−σ(t+s−τ ) N −2 + e−σ(t−r+s−τ ) N −2 k(u0 , ϕ)kXN −2 ≤ 2 µ̃λ−1 1 2 σ N +2 2N 2N 2N k2 N −2 c N −2 e−σ(t−r+s) N −2 − e−σ(t+s) N −2 + 2 µ̃λ−1 1 2 σ N2N Z t 3N +2 0 2N −2 × eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 + 2k 2 |Ω|r + 2 N −2 c N −2 k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 r −∞ N +2 2N 2N k2 ( 2N )2 N −2 c N −2 e−σ(t−r+s−τ ) N −2 k(u0 , ϕ)k N −2 ≤ 2 µ̃λ−1 1 2 X σ Z t 2N N +2 2N 2N k2 σs0 0 2 0 N −2 N −2 c N −2 e−σ(t−r+s) N −2 2 e + 2 µ̃λ−1 kg(s )k ds 1 σ −∞ 3N +2 2N + 2k 2 |Ω|r + 2 N −2 c N −2 k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 r, which integrated from 0 to l gives Z 1Z t kf0 (v)k2 dt1 ds 0 t−r 2 Z 1 N +2 2N 2N k ( 2N )2 N −2 c N −2 k(u0 , ϕ)k N −2 µ̃λ−1 2 e−σ(t−r+s−τ ) N −2 ds 1 X σ 0 Z t 2N Z 1 N +2 0 2N 2N k 2 −1 N σs 0 2 0 N −2 −2 N −2 + 2 µ̃λ1 2 c e kg(s )k ds e−σ(t−r+s) N −2 ds σ −∞ 0 Z 1 3N +2 2N + (2k 2 |Ω|r + 2 N −2 c N −2 k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 r) .ds ≤2 0 Then, we find Z 1Z t kf0 (v)k2 dt1 ds 0 t−r N +2 2N 2N k2 ( 2N )2 −σ(t−r−τ ) 2N N −2 c N −2 k(u0 , ϕ)k N −2 N −2 (1 − e−σl N −2 ) 2 ≤ 2 2 µ̃λ−1 e 1 X σ Z t N2N N +2 0 2N 2N k2 −2 −σ(t−r) 2N N −2 c N −2 N −2 (1 − e−σl N −2 ) 2 e + 2 2 µ̃λ−1 eσs kg(s0 )k2 ds0 1 σ −∞ 3N +2 2N + 2k 2 |Ω|rl + 2 N −2 c N −2 k 2 µ̃λ−1 1 rl → 0 as l → 0 . (3.85) R1Rt It remains to estimate 0 t−r k∆ dtd1 v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds. To this end, we take the inner product in L2 (Ω) of (3.61) with −∆ ∂t∂1 v, we find d 1 d d k∇ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 dt1 2 dt1 Z Z ∂ ∂ ≤ f0 (v)∆ v+ b0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )(−∆ v) . ∂t1 ∂t1 Ω Ω We have Z ∂ v=− f0 (v)∆ ∂t 1 Ω Z Ω f00 (v)∇v∇ ∂ v. ∂t1 (3.86) EJDE-2016/07 DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH DELAY By (3.56), it follows that Z Z ∂ ∂ ∂ f0 (v)∆ v ≤ c3 v ≤ c3 k∇vk∇ v . |∇v|∇ ∂t1 ∂t1 ∂t1 Ω Ω Using the Young inequality, one has Z ∂ c2 1 d f0 (v)∆ v ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 + k∇ v(t1 + s)k2 . ∂t 2 2 dt 1 1 Ω 31 (3.87) By (3.87) and (3.86), one finds d d 1 d k∇ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 dt1 2 dt1 Z c23 1 d ∂ 2 2 ≤ k∇v(t1 + s)k + k∇ v(t1 + s)k + v) . b0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )(−∆ 2 2 dt1 ∂t1 Ω Which via the Cauchy inequality gives d 1 d d v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆v(t1 + s)k2 k∇ dt1 dt1 2 dt1 1 d c2 1 ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 + k∇ v(t1 + s)k2 + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 2 2 dt1 2ν1 d ν1 v(t1 + s)k2 . + k∆ 2 dt1 So, one has d k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 d d 1 d 1 v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 + k∆v(t1 + s)k2 ≤ k∇ 2 dt1 dt1 2 dt1 1 d ν1 c2 kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 + k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 . ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 + 2 2ν1 2 dt1 Therefore, one gets d 1 ν1 c2 )k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 . 2 dt1 2 2ν1 For ν1 small enough, we have ν2 := 1 − ν21 > 0. So we can write (1 − d c2 1 v(t1 + s)k2 ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 . dt1 2ν2 2ν1 ν2 Which integrated over [t − r, t] leads to Z t d k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 dt 1 t−r Z t Z t c23 1 2 k∇v(t1 + s)k dt1 + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 ; ≤ 2ν2 t−r 2ν1 ν2 t−r k∆ integrating the above inequality over [0, l], one obtains Z 1Z t d k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds dt1 0 t−r Z 1Z t Z 1Z t c2 1 ≤ 3 k∇v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds + kb0 (t1 + s, vt1 +s )k2 dt1 ds . 2ν2 0 t−r 2ν1 ν2 0 t−r 32 H. HARRAGA, M. YEBDRI EJDE-2016/07 By (3.79) and (3.82), it follows that Z 1Z t d k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds dt1 t−r 0 ≤ 2N c23 c N −2 −σ(t−r−τ ) k(u0 , ϕ)kX e (1 − e−σl ) 2 2ν3 σ Z t c2 c c2 + 3 2 e−σ(t−r) (1 − e−σl ) eσs kg(s)k2 ds + 3 crl 2ν2 σ 2ν2 −∞ 2N 1 c N −2 −σ(t−2r−τ ) + Cb λ−1 k(u0 , ϕ)kX e (1 − e−σl ) 2ν1 ν2 0 1 σ 2 Z t 1 1 −1 c −σ(t−2r) −σl (1 − e ) eσs kg(s)k2 ds + Cb0 λ1 2 e Cb λ−1 crl . + 2ν1 ν2 σ ν1 ν2 0 1 −∞ Thus, we obtain Z 1Z t d k∆ v(t1 + s)k2 dt1 ds dt 1 0 t−r 2N c23 1 N −2 −σ(t−r−τ ) 0 σr c e (1 − e−σl ) + Cb0 λ−1 1 e ) 2 k(u , ϕ)kX 2ν2 2ν1 ν2 σ Z t c23 1 −1 σr c −σ(t−r) −σl +( (1 − e ) eσs kg(s)k2 ds + Cb λ e ) 2 e 2ν2 2ν1 ν2 0 1 σ −∞ ≤( + c23 1 crl + Cb λ−1 1 crl → 0 2ν2 ν1 ν2 (3.88) as l → 0 . Comprehensively, from (3.77), (3.80), (3.82), (3.85) and (3.88), we have Z t kv(t1 + l) − v(t1 )k2 dt1 → 0 as l → 0 , t−r which implies the needed equicontinuity. This shows that the condition (3) in Proposition 3.9 holds, and thus the process on X is pullback w-D-limit compact. 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