Some new existence results for fractional difference equations

International Journal of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 145-162

  Goodrich, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction mapping theorem; Dirichlet boundary value problem; Discrete fractional calculus; Fixed point theorems in Banach spaces; Green's function

Indexed keywords

BANACH SPACES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FIXED POINT ARITHMETIC; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

CONTRACTION MAPPING THEOREM; DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; DIRICHLET BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DISCRETE BOUNDARIES; DISCRETE FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS THEOREM; FIXED-POINT THEOREMS IN BANACH SPACES; LIPSCHITZ CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 79951536621     PISSN: 17523583     EISSN: 17523591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJDSDE.2011.038499     Document Type: Article

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