## Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

### Some existence and uniqueness results for nonlinear fractional partial differential equations

#### Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for some nonlinear fractional partial differential equations via given boundary value problems by using recent fixed point results for a class of mixed monotone operators with convexity.

#### Article information

Source
Rocky Mountain J. Math., Volume 47, Number 2 (2017), 571-585.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 April 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1492502551

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-2-571

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3635375

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1365.35214

Subjects
Primary: 34B18: Positive solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems

#### Citation

Marasi, H.R.; Afshari, H.; Zhai, C.B. Some existence and uniqueness results for nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 47 (2017), no. 2, 571--585. doi:10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-2-571. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1492502551

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