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Existence and uniqueness of positive solution for a boundary value problem of fractional order. (English) Zbl 1217.34009
Summary: We are concerned with the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the following nonlinear fractional boundary value problem: $$D^{\alpha}_{0+}u(t) + f(t, u(t)) = 0, 0 \leq t \leq 1, 3 < \alpha \leq 4$$, $$u(0) = u'(0) = u''(0) = u''(1) = 0$$, where $$D^{\alpha}_{0+}$$ denotes the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative. Our analysis relies on a fixed point theorem in partially ordered sets. Some examples are also given to illustrate the results.

##### MSC:
 34A08 Fractional ordinary differential equations
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