Attractor Bifurcation and Final Patterns of the N-Dimensional and Generalized Swift-Hohenberg Equations

In this paper I will investigate the bifurcation and asymptotic behavior of solutions of the Swift-Hohenberg equation and the generalized Swift-Hohenberg equation with the Dirichlet boundary condition on a one- dimensional domain $(0,L)$. I will also study the bifurcation and stability of patterns in the n-dimensional Swift-Hohenberg equation with the odd-periodic and periodic boundary conditions. It is shown that each equation bifurcates from the trivial solution to an attractor, when the control parameter crosses the principal eigenvalue of the linearized equation. The local behavior of solutions and their bifurcation to an invariant set near higher eigenvalues are analyzed as well.