Positive Solutions for Fractional Differential Equations with Multi-Point Boundary Value Problems

Lina Zhou^1*, Weihua Jiang²

¹College of Mathematics and Information Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China.
²College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang , China.

DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2014.25014                

Abstract

In this paper, a fractional multi-point boundary value problem is considered. By using the fixed point index theory and Krein-Rutman theorem, some results on existence are obtained.

Keywords

Caputo Fractional Derivative, Fractional Integral, Boundary Value Problem, Fixed Point Index Theory

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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