Existence of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of (p, q)-Laplacian Fractional Higher Order Boundary Value Problems

Prasad, K.R.; Krushna, B.M.B.; Wesen, L.T.

Research Article

Existence of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of (p, q)-Laplacian Fractional Higher Order Boundary Value Problems

K.R. Prasad¹
B.M.B. Krushna²*
L.T. Wesen³

Andhra University
MVGRCollege of Engineering.
Andhra University, India Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia

* Corresponding author

Abstract

In this paper, we establish the existence of at least three positive solutions for a system of (p,q)-Laplacian fractional order two-point boundary value problems by applying five functionals fixed point theorem under suitable conditions on a cone in a Banach space.

How to Cite

K. R. Prasad, B. M. B. Krushna, L. T. Wesen, Existence of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of (p, q)-Laplacian Fractional Higher Order Boundary Value Problems, Int. J. Anal. Appl. 9 (2015), 54–67.

BibTeX

@article{Prasad2015,
  author  = {Prasad, K.R. and Krushna, B.M.B. and Wesen, L.T.},
  title   = {Existence of Positive Solutions for a Coupled System of (p, q)-Laplacian Fractional Higher Order Boundary Value Problems},
  journal = {Int. J. Anal. Appl.},
  volume  = {9},
  year    = {2015},
  pages   = {54--67},
  doi     = {}
}

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