Positive solutions for Dirichlet problems of singular nonlinear fractional differential equations. (English) Zbl 1206.34009

Agarwal, Ravi P.; O’Regan, Donal; Staněk, Svatoslav

J. Math. Anal. Appl. 371, No. 1, 57-68 (2010).

Consider the existence of a positive solution for the singular fractional boundary value problem
\[ D^\alpha u(t)+ f(t,u(t),D^\mu u(t))=0,\,u(0)=u(1)=0, \]
where \(1<\alpha<2\), \(\mu>0\) with \(\alpha-\mu\geq 1,\) \(D^\alpha\) is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, the function \(f\) is positive, satisfies the Carathéodory conditions on \( [0,1]\times (0,\infty)\times {\mathbb R}\) and \(f(t,x,y)\) is singular at \(x=0\).
The proofs are based on regularization and sequential techniques and the results are obtained by means of fixed point theorem of cone compression type due to [M. A. Krasnosel’skij, Positive solutions of operator equations. Groningen: The Netherlands: P.Noordhoff Ltd. (1964; Zbl 0121.10604)].

Reviewer: Gisèle M. Mophou (Pointe-à-Pitre)

MSC:

34A08	Fractional ordinary differential equations
34B18	Positive solutions to nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations
34B16	Singular nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations
47N20	Applications of operator theory to differential and integral equations

Keywords:

Fractional differential equation; Singular Dirichlet problem; Positive solution; Riemann Liouville fractional derivative

Citations:

Zbl 0121.10604

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