Positive Solutions for Systems of Coupled Fractional Boundary Value Problems

Johnny Henderson¹, Rodica Luca², Alexandru Tudorache³

¹Department of Mathematics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.
²Department of Mathematics, Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania.
³Faculty of Computer Engineering and Automatic Control, Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania.

DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2015.510059                

Abstract

We investigate the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for a system of nonlinear Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equations with coupled integral boundary conditions which contain some positive constants.

Keywords

Riemann-Liouville Fractional Differential Equations, Coupled Integral Boundary Conditions, Positive Solutions

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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