Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations

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In this paper, we research the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for a coupled system of fractional differential equations. By means of some standard fixed point principles, some results on the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for coupled systems are obtained.

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M. Li and Y. Liu, "Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations," Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 1B, 2013, pp. 53-61. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2013.31B1011.

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