Analysis of multipoint impulsive problem of fractional-order differential equations (Q6099735)

In this article, there is considered the following four point impulsive nonlocal boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} & ^C \mathbf{D}^\beta_{x_k} w(x)= f(x,w(x), ^C \mathbf{D}^\beta_{x_k} w(x) ), 1 < \beta \leq 2, x \in \mathcal{J}_1= \mathcal{J} \setminus \{ x_1, x_2, \dots, x_p \}, \\ & \Delta w(x_k)=I_k(w(x_k^-)), \ \Delta w'(x_k)=\bar{I}_k(w(x_k^-)), \ x_k \in (0,1), k=1,2,\dots,p, \\ & w'(0)+c w(\eta)=0, \ \ d w'(1) + w(\xi)=0, \ \ \eta, \xi \in (0,1), \end{cases} \tag{1} \] where \(^C \mathbf{D}^\beta_{x_k}\) denotes the fractional Caputo derivative of order \(\beta\) at the point \(x_k\), \(\mathcal{J}=[0,1]\), \(f : \mathcal{J} \times \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) and \(I_k, \bar{I}_k : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) are continuous functions and \( \Delta w(x_k)=w(x_k^+)-w(x_k^-)\) with \(w(x_k^+) =\lim_{h \to 0^+} w(x_k +h), w(x_k^-) =\lim_{h \to 0^-} w(x_k +h), k=1,2,\dots,p\) for \(0=x_0 < x_1 < x_2 < \dots < x_{p+1}=1\). As first main result the authors present sufficient conditions for the existence of a unique solution of the problem (1) on \(\mathcal{J}\). The proof is based on the Banach's fixed point theorem. Using Schaefer's fixed point theorem the authors prove their second main result in form of sufficient conditions for the existence of at least one solution of the same problem (1). Two examples are provided to illustrate the obtained results.