Ground state solutions for a class of fractional differential equations with Dirichlet boundary value condition (Q1725382)

Summary: In this paper, we apply the method of the Nehari manifold to study the fractional differential equation \((d / d t)((1 / 2) {}_0 D_t^{- \beta}(u'(t)) +(1 / 2) {}_t D_T^{- \beta}(u'(t))) = f(t, u(t))\), a.e. \(t \in [0, T]\), and \(u \left(0\right) = u \left(T\right) = 0\), where \({}_0 D_t^{- \beta}\), \({}_t D_T^{- \beta}\) are the left and right Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals of order \(0 \leq \beta < 1\), respectively. We prove the existence of a ground state solution of the boundary value problem.