Study on the existence and nonexistence of solutions for a class of nonlinear Erdélyi-Kober type fractional differential equation on unbounded domain (Q2149448)

This paper considers a nonlinear Erdélyi-Kober (EK) fractional-order differential equation subject to an EK fractional integral boundary conditions on an unbounded domain. A fixed point theorem due to \textit{A. Benmezaï} and \textit{S. Chentout} [Differ. Equ. Appl. 11, No. 4, 463--480 (2019; Zbl 1436.34004)] is used to establish the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions in a cone. The authors define terms that are used in the work and also state theorems that are relevant to the work. In Theorem 2.9, conditions for the existence of a fixed point are stated while in Theorem 2.10 conditions for non-existence of fixed points are stated. To prove existence and nonexistence of positive solutions, the EK fractional integral-order differential equation is first converted into an integral form and the sign properties of the Green functions are stated. An operator \(L_m\) is defined, then shown to be compact and positive in Lemma 3.5, while in Lemma 3.6, it is shown to be a strongly positive-like operator which is lower bounded in the cone. The authors also define an operator \(T\) in a Banach space \(\mathcal{B}=C(0,\infty)\) with a norm \(\Vert w \Vert = \sup _{t>0} |w(t)|\), \(w \in \mathcal{B}\). In Lemma 3.7, \(T: B^+ \to B\) is proved by the authors to be compact with the aid of the Arzela-Axcoli theorem. Finally, the authors state and prove conditions for nonexistence of positive solutions in Theorem 3.9 and conditions for existence of positive solutions in Theorem 3.10.