Existence of Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problem of Nonlinear Fractional q-Difference Equation

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In this paper, we investigate the existence of positive solutions for a class of nonlinear q-fractional boundary value problem. By using some fixed point theorems on cone, some existence results of positive solutions are obtained.

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Yang, L. (2013) Existence of Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problem of Nonlinear Fractional q-Difference Equation. Applied Mathematics, 4, 1450-1454. doi: 10.4236/am.2013.410195.

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