Existence of a positive solution to systems of differential equations of fractional order

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1251-1268

  Goodrich, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous fractional calculus; Fixed point theorem in cones; Green's function; Nonlinear system of boundary value problems; Right focal problem

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONALS; EIGENVALUES; FIXED POINT THEOREM IN CONES; FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; FRACTIONAL ORDER; NON-LOCAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; NONLOCAL FUNCTIONALS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POSITIVE SOLUTION; RIGHT-FOCAL PROBLEM; SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 79960994575     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2011.02.039     Document Type: Article

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