The existence theory of solution in Sobolev space for fractional differential equations (Q6140996)

In this paper, the authors study the solution theory in Sobolev space for the fractional initial value problem \[ \begin{cases} {}^{C}D_x^{\alpha}u(x)=f(x,u(x)), ~~x\in [0,b], ~~ 0<\alpha\le 1\\ u(0)=u_0, \end{cases}\tag{1} \] where \({}^{C}D_x^{\alpha}u\) is the fractional derivative of Caputo type. By assuming that function \(f(t,u)\in L_p(0,b)\) for some \(p>1/\alpha,\) \(t^{\alpha}f(t,u)\) is continuous with respect to \(u\) and \(I^{\alpha}_x f(t,u)\in W_{p'}^{1}(0,b)\) for some \(p'>1,\) the existence of a solution in space \(W_{p'}^1(0,h), h\in (0,b]\) is proved. Moreover, if \(t^{\alpha}f(t,u)\) satisfies the Lipschitz condition on the variable \(u,\) then the solution is unique. Several examples are provided to illustrate the theoretical results.