TITLE: Equivalence between norms in $H_0^1(\Omega)\cap H^2(\Omega)$.
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Based in many questions and answers like [1, 2, 3 ] and a comment a good comment here  [4]. 
I would like to know that the space $H=H_0^1(\Omega)\cap H^2(\Omega)$ can be equiped with this norm 
$$\tag{1}\|\cdot\|_H=||\Delta\cdot||_{L^2}+||\nabla\cdot||_{L^2}+||\cdot||_{L^2},$$
this is the $H^2$-norm. Or, is it equipped with this one
$$\tag{2}\|\cdot\|_H=||\Delta\cdot||_{L^2}+||\cdot||_{L^2}.$$
Can I say that if $H$ is equipped with (1) then, normes (1), (2) and $||\Delta\cdot||_{L^2}$ are equivalent in $H$.

REPLY [2 votes]: This depends on the regularity of the domain: If $H^2$-regularity for the equation $-\Delta u=f$ is available then one has
$$
\|u\|_{H^2(\Omega)} \le c \|f\|_{L^2(\Omega)} = c \|\Delta u\|_{L^2(\Omega)},
$$
and your norm is equivalent to the $H^2$-norm.
If $\Omega$ is not nice, i.e., it has a non-convex corner, then there are functions $y\in H^1_0(\Omega)$ with $\Delta y\in L^2(\Omega)$ but $y\not\in H^2(\Omega)$.