Attractors and Approximate Inertial Manifolds for the Generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony Equation

In the present paper, we deal with the long time behaviour of solutions for the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation. By a priori estimates methods, we show this equation possesses a global attractor in H^k for every integer k⩾2, which has finite Hausdorff and fractal dimensions. We also construct approximate inertial manifolds such that every solution enters their thin neighbourhood in a finite time. © 1997 by B.G. Teubner Stuttgart-John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.