Infinitely many solutions for fractional differential system via variational method (Q2634357)

The authors consider the fractional differential system (FDS) of the type \[ \begin{aligned} & _tD^{\alpha}_{T}(a(t)_0~D_t^{\alpha}u(t))= \lambda~F_u(t, u(t),v(t))+h_1(u(t)),~~0<t<T, \\ & _tD^{\alpha}_{T}(b(t)_0~D_t^{\alpha}v(t))= \lambda~F_v(t, u(t),v(t))+h_2 (v(t)),~~0<t<T,\\ & u(0)=u(T)=0,v(0)=v(T)=0 \end{aligned} \] with well defined functions satisfying suitable basic criteria needed and \(\lambda\) as a parameter. They construct a fractional derivative space defined by \(E_{0}^{\alpha}=C_{0}^{\infty}([0,T], \mathbb{R}) \) with respect to some weighted norm. Then the FDS is translated to a variational problem. Using the critical points theorem of Bonanno and Molica Bisci they establish the existence of infinitely many weak solutions of the FDS. Further, an example is given to illustrate the theory.