Fractional differential equations and inclusions with semiperiodic and three-point boundary conditions (Q2634923)

The authors consider the following boundary value problem of nonlinear fractional differential equations with semiperiodic and three-point boundary conditions given by \[ \begin{aligned} &^cD^qx(t)+f(t,x(t))=0, \,\, t\in [0,1], \, 1<q\leq 2,\\ &x(0)=x(1), \,\, \xi x'(0)-\eta x'(1)=\zeta x(1/2), \end{aligned}. \] where \(f\) is a given continuous function and \(\xi, \eta, \zeta\) are positive real constants with \(\frac{\xi}{\zeta}>\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\eta}{\zeta}.\) Existence and uniqueness are proved by using a variety of fixed point theorems, as Banach's contraction mapping principle, Schaefer-type fixed point theorem, Leray-Schauder degree theory, Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem, and Leray-Schauder nonlinear alternative. As a second problem the authors study the multivalued analogue of the above problem. Existence of solutions for convex and non-convex set-valued maps are proved via nonlinear alternative of Leray-Schauder type for multivalued maps and Wegrzyk's fixed point theorem for generalized contractions, respectively. Examples illustrating the results are also presented.