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We study a class of semi-linear differential Volterra equations with polynomial-type potentials that incorporates the effects of memory while being subjected to random perturbations via an additive Gaussian noise. We show that for a broad class of non-linear potentials, the system always admits invariant probability measures. However, the presence of memory effects precludes access to compactness in a typical fashion. In this paper, this obstacle is overcome by introducing functional spaces adapted to the memory kernels, thereby allowing one to recover compactness. Under the assumption of sufficiently smooth noise, it is then shown that the statistically stationary states possess higher-order regularity properties dictated by the structure of the nonlinearity. This is established through a control argument that asymptotically transfers regularity onto the solution by exploiting the underlying Lyapunov structure of the system in a novel way. 

In this article, some elementary observations are made regarding the behavior of solutions to the two-dimensional curl-free Burgers equation which suggest the distinguished role played by the scalar divergence field in determining the dynamics of the solution. These observations inspire a new divergence-based regularity con- dition for the two-dimensional Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation (KSE) that provides conceptual clarity to the nature of the potential blow-up mechanism for this system. The relation of this regularity criterion to the Ladyzhenskaya–Prodi–Serrin-type cri- terion for the KSE is also established, thus providing the basis for the development of an alternative framework of regularity criterion for this equation based solely on the low-mode behavior of its solutions. The article concludes by applying these ideas to identify a conceptually simple modification of KSE that yields globally regular solu- tions, as well as providing a straightforward verification of this regularity criterion to establish global regularity of solutions to the 2D Burgers–Sivashinsky equation. The proofs are direct, elementary, and concise.