Lower and upper solutions method for positive solutions of fractional boundary value problems (Q2319186)

Summary: We apply the lower and upper solutions method and fixed-point theorems to prove the existence of positive solution to fractional boundary value problem \(D_{0^+}^\alpha u \left(t\right) + f \left(t, u \left(t\right)\right) = 0\), \(0 < t < 1\), \(2 < \alpha \leq 3\), \(u \left(0\right) = u^\prime \left(0\right) = 0\), \(D_{0^+}^{\alpha - 1} u \left(1\right) = \beta u \left(\xi\right)\), \(0 < \xi < 1\), where \(D_{0^+}^\alpha\) denotes Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, \(\beta\) is positive real number, \(\beta \xi^{\alpha - 1} \geq 2 \Gamma \left(\alpha\right)\), and \(f\) is continuous on \([0,1] \times [0, \infty)\). As an application, one example is given to illustrate the main result.