Existence of positive solutions for a singular nonlinear fractional differential equation with integral boundary conditions involving fractional derivatives

In this article, by using the spectral analysis of the relevant linear operator and Gelfand’s formula, some properties of the first eigenvalue of a fractional differential equation are obtained. Based on these properties and through the fixed point index theory, the singular nonlinear fractional differential equations with Riemann–Stieltjes integral boundary conditions involving fractional derivatives are considered under some appropriate conditions, and the nonlinearity is allowed to be singular in regard to not only time variable but also space variable and it includes fractional derivatives. The existence of positive solutions for boundary conditions involving fractional derivatives is established. Finally, an example is given to demonstrate the validity of our main results

Nonlocal q-fractional boundary value problem with Stieltjes integral conditions

In this paper, we are dedicated to investigating a new class of one-dimensional lower-order fractional q-differential equations involving integral boundary conditions supplemented with Stieltjes integral. This condition is more general as it contains an arbitrary order derivative. It should be pointed out that the problem discussed in the current setting provides further insight into the research on nonlocal and integral boundary value problems. We first give the Green's functions of the boundary value problem and then develop some properties of the Green's functions that are conductive to our main results. Our main aim is to present two results: one considering the uniqueness of nontrivial solutions is given by virtue of contraction mapping principle associated with properties of u0-positive linear operator in which Lipschitz constant is associated with the first eigenvalue corresponding to related linear operator, while the other one aims to obtain the existence of multiple positive solutions under some appropriate conditions via standard fixed point theorems due to Krasnoselskii and Leggett–Williams. Finally, we give an example to illustrate the main results. &nbsp

Non-negative solutions of systems of ODEs with coupled boundary conditions

We provide a new existence theory of multiple positive solutions valid for a wide class of systems of boundary value problems that possess a coupling in the boundary conditions. Our conditions are fairly general and cover a large number of situations. The theory is illustrated in details in an example. The approach relies on classical fixed point index

Fractional Integral and Generalized Stieltjes Transforms for Hypergeometric Functions as Transmutation Operators

For each of the eight $n$-th derivative parameter changing formulas for Gauss hypergeometric functions a corresponding fractional integration formula is given. For both types of formulas the differential or integral operator is intertwining between two actions of the hypergeometric differential operator (for two sets of parameters): a so-called transmutation property. This leads to eight fractional integration formulas and four generalized Stieltjes transform formulas for each of the six different explicit solutions of the hypergeometric differential equation, by letting the transforms act on the solutions. By specialization two Euler type integral representations for each of the six solutions are obtained