Existence and Uniqueness of Solution to Two-Point Boundary Value for Two-Sided Fractional Differential Equations

Ailing Shi, Yu Bai

School of Science, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2013.46127                

Abstract

In this paper, existence and uniqueness of solution to two-point boundary value for two-sided fractional differential equations involving Caputo fractional derivative is discussed, by means of the Min-Max Theorem.

Keywords

Existence; Uniqueness; Two-Sided Fractional Differential Equations

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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