Theory of nonlinear implicit fractional differential equations (Q2172954)

In this paper, the authors study existence, interval of existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence of solutions on initial conditions of the implicit fractional differential equation of the form \[^cD^{\alpha}x(t)= f(t,x(t),^cD^{\alpha}x(t)),\ \ \ x(0) = x_0 \in \mathbb{R}, t \in [0, T], \] where \(^cD^{\alpha} \ (0 <\alpha< 1)\) denotes the Caputo fractional derivative and \(f:[0,T ]\times \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) is a given continuous function satisfying certain assumptions. They derive an estimate on solutions and continuous dependence on parameters and functions involved in the right hand side of the equation. Further they extend the study of an \(\epsilon\)-approximate solution to the implicit fractional differential equations.