The existence of solutions for four-point coupled boundary value problems of fractional differential equations at resonance. (English) Zbl 1476.34070

Zou, Yumei; Liu, Lishan; Cui, Yujun

Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Article ID 314083, 8 p. (2014).

Summary: A four-point coupled boundary value problem of fractional differential equations is studied. Based on Mawhin’s coincidence degree theory, some existence theorems are obtained in the case of resonance.

MSC:

34B10	Nonlocal and multipoint boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations
34A08	Fractional ordinary differential equations
47N20	Applications of operator theory to differential and integral equations

Keywords:

four-point; boundary value problem; fractional differential equations; Mawhin’s coincidence degree

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