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This paper investigates the existence of positive solution for a boundary value problem of fractional differential equations with p-Laplacian operator. Our analysis relies on the research of properties of the corresponding Green’s function. By the use of Krasnosel’skii’s fixed-point theorem, the multiplicity results of some positive solutions are obtained.
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1 Introduction
In this paper, we consider positive solutions for the following problem:
where \(\alpha , \beta \in \mathbb{R}, 2<\alpha \leq 3, 1<\beta \leq 2\), and \(\xi \in (0, 1), \lambda \in [0, +\infty ), \varphi_{p}(z)=\vert z \vert ^{p-2}z, p>1\), \(D_{0+}^{\alpha } \) is the Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative, and \(f\in C([0, 1] \times [0, +\infty ), [0, +\infty ))\). By using Krasnosel’skii’s fixed-point theorem, we give some multiplicity results.
Differential equations of fractional order, or fractional differential equations, in which an unknown function is contained under the operation of a derivative of fractional order, have been of great interest recently. Fractional differential equation models are proved to be more adequate than integer order models for some problems in science and engineering. Many papers and books on fractional calculus and fractional differential equations have appeared recently. For an introduction of fractional calculus and fractional differential equations, we refer the reader to [17, 25] and the references therein. And there have been many results on existence and uniqueness of the solution of boundary value problems for fractional differential equations. For example, fractional boundary value problems at resonance [1, 5, 27, 39, 40], Caputo fractional derivative problems [11, 23, 37], impulsive problems [2, 15, 29, 41], multi-point problems [1, 5, 21, 22, 27–29, 31, 40], integral boundary value problems [6, 12, 13, 15], fractional p-Laplace problems [8, 10, 14, 21, 22, 35, 36], fractional lower and upper solution problems [4, 7, 30, 38], fractional delay problems, [24, 33, 34], solitons [9], singular problems [3], etc.
On the other hand, integer order differential equations with p-Laplacian operator also arise in different research areas such as physical and natural phenomena, non-Newtonian mechanics, nonlinear elasticity and glaciology, combustion theory, population biology, nonlinear flow laws, and system of Monge–Kantorovich partial differential equations [8, 16, 19, 20, 32]. For example, turbulent flow in a porous medium is a fundamental mechanics problem. For studying this type of problem, Leibenson [19] introduced differential equations with p-Laplacian operator
In [26], by applying the fixed point index theory, Su studied the existence of positive solutions of a nonlinear four-point singular boundary value problem with a p-Laplacian operator:
It is quite natural to study fractional differential equation relative to equation. Recently, many scholars have paid more attention to the fractional order differential equation boundary value problems with p-Laplacian operator, see [8, 10, 14, 21, 22]. Recently, Dong et al. [10] investigated the following p-Laplacian fractional differential equation boundary value problem:
where \(1<\alpha \leqslant 2\) is a real number, \(D^{\alpha }\) is the conformable fractional derivative. Some existence and multiplicity results of positive solutions are proved by the fixed-point theorems on cone. The purpose of this paper is to generalize some existence results of the above references to a nonlinear fractional boundary value problem with p-Laplacian.
2 Preliminaries
Definition 2.1
([17])
The fractional integral of order \(\alpha >0\) of a function \(y: (0, +\infty )\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is defined as
Definition 2.2
([17])
The fractional derivative of order \(\alpha >0\) of a continuous function \(y: (0, +\infty )\rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is defined as
where \(n=-[-\alpha ]\).
Lemma 2.1
([17])
Assume that \(y, D^{\alpha }_{0+}y \in C(0, 1)\cap L(0, 1)\). Then
where \(N=-[-\alpha ]\).
Let \(\mathcal{M}:=\lambda^{p-1}\xi^{\beta -1}\) such that \(\mathcal{M} \neq 1\), and
Lemma 2.2
Let \(Q(x)=x(1-x)^{\alpha -1}\). Then functions \(G(x, z), H(x, z) \in C([0, 1]\times [0, 1])\) and satisfy:
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(1)
\(G(x, z)=G(1-z, 1-x); G(x, z)>0\) for \(x, z\in (0, 1)\);
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(2)
\(\frac{Q(1-x)Q(z)}{\Gamma (\alpha )}\leq G(x, z)\leq \frac{(\alpha -1)Q(z)}{\Gamma (\alpha )}\) for \(x, z\in [0, 1]\);
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(3)
If \(\mathcal{M} <1\), then \(H(x, z)>0\) for \(x, z\in (0, 1)\).
Proof
It is easily seen that functions \(G(x, z), H(x, z) \in C([0, 1]\times [0, 1])\) and (1) hold. We will only prove (2) and (3).
(2) For \(0\leq z\leq x\leq 1\), since \(0<\alpha -2\leq 1\), one has
and
For \(0\leq x\leq z\leq 1\), one has
and
So, \(\frac{Q(1-z)Q(z)}{\Gamma (\alpha )}\leq G(x, z)\leq \frac{(\alpha -1)Q(z)}{\Gamma (\alpha )}\) for \(x, z\in [0, 1]\).
(3) For \(0< z\leq x< 1, z \leq \xi \), set
It is obvious that \(h(x, z)>0\) for \(0< z\leq x<1\). Hence, we get
Similarly, there holds \(H(x, z)>0\) for \(0<\eta \leq z\leq x<1\) or \(0< x\leq z\leq \eta <1\) or \(0< x\leq z<1, \eta \leq z\).
Thus, \(H(x, z)>0\) for \(x, z\in (0, 1)\). The proof is completed. □
Lemma 2.3
Suppose that \(h\in C[0, 1], p>1, \alpha , \beta \in \mathbb{R}\), \(2< \alpha \leq 3\), \(1<\beta \leq 2\) and \(\xi \in (0, 1), \lambda \in [0, +\infty )\). Then the following problem
has a unique solution
where \(\varphi_{q}=(\varphi_{p})^{-1}, \frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}=1\).
Proof
From the equation of (2.2), Lemma 2.1, and the fact that \(D^{\alpha }_{0+}y(0)=0\), there is
for some \(c_{1}\in \mathbb{R}\). Thus,
Taking into account that \(D^{\alpha }_{0+}y(1)=\lambda D^{\alpha } _{0+}y(\xi )\), combining with (2.5) and (2.6), we obtain
Thus,
then
By the use of Lemma 2.1, Eq. (2.7) is equivalent to the integral equation
for some \(d_{1}, d_{2}, d_{3}\in \mathbb{R}\).
By \(y(0)=y'(0)=0\), there are \(d_{2}=d_{3}=0\). Thus
By \(y(1)=0\), there is
Therefore, the unique solution of problem (2.2) is
The proof is completed. □
Let \(E=C[0, 1]\) be a Banach space with the maximum norm \(\Vert y \Vert = \max_{0\leq x\leq 1}\vert y(x) \vert \). Define a cone \(P\subset E\) by
Lemma 2.4
Define \(\mathcal{T}: P\rightarrow E\) as
Then \(\mathcal{T}: P\rightarrow P\) is a completely continuous operator.
Proof
By the use of relation (2) of Lemma 2.2, for any \(y\in P\), there hold
and
Then \((\mathcal{T} y)(x)\geq \frac{q(1-x)}{\alpha -1}\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \), which implies \(\mathcal{T}: P\rightarrow P\). By the use of the Arzela–Ascoli theorem, a standard proof shows that \(\mathcal{T}: P\rightarrow P\) is completely continuous. □
Lemma 2.5
([18])
Let E be an ordered Banach space, \(P\subset E\) be a cone. Suppose that \(\Omega_{1}\), \(\Omega_{2}\) are bounded open subsets of E with \(0\in \Omega_{1}\subset \overline{\Omega }_{1}\subset \Omega _{2}\), and \(\mathcal{T}: P\rightarrow P\) is a completely continuous operator such that either
- (\(A_{1}\)):
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\(\Vert \mathcal{T} y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert , y\in P\cap \partial \Omega_{1}\) and \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \geq \Vert y \Vert , y\in P\cap \partial \Omega_{2}\), or
- (\(A_{2 }\)):
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\(\Vert \mathcal{T} y \Vert \geq \Vert y \Vert , y\in P\cap \partial \Omega_{1}\) and \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert , y\in P\cap \partial \Omega_{2}\).
Then \(\mathcal{T}\) has a fixed point in \(P\cap \overline{\Omega }_{2} \backslash \Omega_{1}\).
3 Existence of positive solutions
For notational convenience, denote
From now on we will use the following assumptions:
- (\(C_{1}\)):
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\(f_{0}\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty ]\), \(f_{\infty }\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty ]\).
- (\(C_{2}\)):
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\(f^{0}\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\), \(f^{\infty }\in [0, \rho _{*}^{p-1})\).
- (\(C_{3}\)):
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There exist constants \(d\in (0, \rho_{*})\) and \(\lambda _{1}>0\) such that
$$ f(x, y)\leq (d\lambda_{1})^{p-1}, \quad 0\leq x\leq 1, 0\leq y\leq \lambda_{1}. $$ - (\(C_{4}\)):
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There exist constants \(D\in (\rho^{*}, \infty )\) and \(\lambda_{2}>0\) such that
$$ f(x, y)\geq (D\lambda_{2})^{p-1}, \quad 1/4\leq x\leq 3/4, \sigma \lambda_{2}\leq y\leq \lambda_{2}. $$
Theorem 3.1
Assume that conditions \((C_{1})\), \((C_{3})\) hold, then problem (1.1) has at least two solutions \(y_{1}\) and \(y_{2}\) such that \(0<\Vert y_{1} \Vert <\lambda_{1}<\Vert y_{2} \Vert \).
Proof
Firstly, by condition \((C_{3})\), there exist constants \(d\in (0, \rho _{*})\) and \(\lambda_{1}>0\) such that
Set \(\Omega_{\lambda_{1}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert <\lambda_{1}\}\). Taking into account the monotonicity of \(\varphi (z)\) and relation (2) of Lemma 2.2, for \(y\in \partial \Omega_{\lambda_{1}}\), we have
Thus, \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{\lambda_{1}}\).
Secondly, with the first relation of condition \((C_{1})\), \(f_{0} \in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\), there exists a real number \(r_{1} \in (0, \lambda_{1})\) such that
Set \(\Omega_{r_{1}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert < r_{1}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{r_{1}}\), we have
Thus, with relation (2) of Lemma 2.2, there is
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T} y \Vert \geq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{r _{1}}\).
Thirdly, with the second relation of condition \((C_{1})\), \(f_{\infty }\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\), there exists a real number \(R^{*}>0\) such that
Choose \(R_{1}=\max \{2\lambda_{1}, \frac{R^{*}}{\sigma }\}\), set \(\Omega_{R_{1}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert < R_{1}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R_{1}}\), we get
Thus, with relation (2) of Lemma 2.2, there is
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T} y \Vert \geq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R _{1}}\).
By Lemma 2.5, \(\mathcal{T}\) has a fixed point \(y_{1}\in ( \Omega_{\lambda_{1}}\setminus \overline{\Omega }_{r_{1}})\) and a fixed point \(y_{2}\in (\Omega_{R_{1}}\setminus \overline{\Omega }_{\lambda _{1}})\). That is to say, \(y_{1}\), \(y_{2}\) are both positive solutions of problem (1.1) such that \(0<\Vert y_{1} \Vert <\lambda_{1}<\Vert y_{2} \Vert \). □
Theorem 3.2
Assume that conditions \((C_{2})\), \((C_{4})\) hold, then problem (1.1) has at least two solutions \(y_{1}\) and \(y_{2}\) satisfying \(0<\Vert y_{1} \Vert <\lambda_{2}<\Vert y_{2} \Vert \).
Proof
Firstly, by condition \((C_{4})\), there exist two constants \(D\in (\rho ^{*}, \infty )\) and \(\lambda_{2}>0\) such that
Set \(\Omega_{\lambda_{2}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert <\lambda_{2}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{\lambda_{2}}\), one has
Thus, we get
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \geq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{\lambda_{2}}\).
Secondly, with the first relation of condition \((C_{2})\), \(f^{0} \in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\), there exists a real number \(r_{2} \in (0, \lambda_{2})\) such that
Set \(\Omega_{r_{2}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert < r_{2}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{r_{2}}\), one has
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{r_{2}}\).
Thirdly, with the second relation of condition \((C_{2})\), \(f^{\infty }\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\), there exists a positive number \(R^{*}\) such that
We now consider two situations.
Case 1. The function f is bounded on \([0, \infty )\). We can choose a positive number \(G>0\) such that \(f(x, y)\leq G^{p-1}\rho_{*} ^{p-1}\) for \(x\in [0, 1]\), \(y\in [0, \infty )\). Let \(R_{2}=\max \{2 \lambda_{2}, G\}\) and \(\Omega_{R_{2}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert < R_{2}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R_{2}}\), one has
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R_{2}}\).
Case 2. The function f is unbounded on \([0, \infty )\). We can choose a positive number \(R_{2}>\max \{2\lambda_{2}, R^{*}\}\) such that \(f(x, y)\leq f(x, R_{2})\) for \(x\in [0, 1], y\in (0, R_{2})\). Set \(\Omega_{R_{2}}=\{y\in P\mid \Vert y \Vert < R_{2}\}\). For \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R_{2}}\), one has
So, \(\Vert \mathcal{T}y \Vert \leq \Vert y \Vert \) for all \(y\in \partial \Omega_{R_{2}}\).
By Lemma 2.5, \(\mathcal{T}\) has a fixed point \(y_{1}\in ( \Omega_{\lambda_{2}}\setminus \overline{\Omega }_{r_{2}})\) and a fixed point \(y_{2}\in (\Omega_{R_{2}}\setminus \overline{\Omega }_{\lambda _{2}})\). That is to say, \(y_{1}\), \(y_{2}\) are both positive solutions of problem (1.1) and \(0<\Vert y_{1} \Vert <\lambda_{2}< \Vert y_{2} \Vert \). □
By Theorems 3.1 and 3.2, we can obtain the following corollary.
Corollary 3.1
Problem (1.1) has at least one positive solution if one of the following assumptions is satisfied:
- \((A1)\) :
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Conditions \((C_{3})\) and \((C_{4})\) hold; or
- \((A2)\) :
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Conditions \(f^{0}\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\) and \(f_{\infty }\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\) hold; or
- \((A3)\) :
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Conditions \(f_{0}\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\) and \(f^{\infty }\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\) hold; or
- \((A4)\) :
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Conditions \((C_{3})\) and \(f_{\infty }\in (({\frac{\rho ^{*}}{\sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\) (or \(f_{0}\in (({\frac{\rho^{*}}{ \sigma }})^{p-1}, \infty )\)) hold; or
- \((A5)\) :
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Conditions \((C_{4})\) and \(f^{0}\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\) (or \(f^{\infty }\in [0, \rho_{*}^{p-1})\)) hold.
4 Examples
In this section, we present some examples to check our results. Let
then there are
and
Example 4.1
Consider the boundary value problem
where
Direct computations show that
so condition \((C_{1})\) holds. Choose \(\lambda_{1}=6\), \(d=15 \in (0, \rho_{*})\), one has
so condition \((C_{3})\) holds. By the use of Theorem 3.1, problem (1.1) has at least two solutions \(y_{1}\) and \(y_{2}\) satisfying \(0< \Vert y_{1} \Vert <6<\Vert y_{2} \Vert \).
Example 4.2
Consider the boundary value problem (4.1), (4.2), where
Direct computations show that
so condition \((C_{2})\) holds. Choose \(\lambda_{2}=\frac{1}{2}, D=23 \in (\rho^{*}, \infty )\), one has
so condition \((C_{4})\) holds. By the use of Theorem 3.2, problem (1.1) has at least two solutions \(y_{1}\) and \(y_{2}\) satisfying \(0< \Vert y_{1} \Vert <\frac{1}{2}<\Vert y_{2} \Vert \).
Example 4.3
Consider the boundary value problem (4.1), (4.2), where
Let \(\lambda_{1}=2, d=5 \in (0, \rho_{*})\). Direct computations show that
and
So condition \((A4)\) was satisfied. By the use of Corollary 3.1, problem (1.1) has at least one positive solution.
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Tian, Y., Wei, Y. & Sun, S. Multiplicity for fractional differential equations with p-Laplacian. Bound Value Probl 2018, 127 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13661-018-1049-0
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