Existence and uniqueness of positive solutions to m-point boundary value problem for nonlinear fractional differential equation

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 225-241

  Liang, Sihua ^a   Zhang, Jihui ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fixed point theorem; Fractional differential equation; Lower and upper solution method; Partially ordered sets; Positive solution

Indexed keywords

FIXED POINT THEOREMS; FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; LOWER AND UPPER SOLUTION; PARTIALLY ORDERED SET; POSITIVE SOLUTION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; SET THEORY;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84856225431     PISSN: 15985865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12190-011-0475-2     Document Type: Article

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