Existence of solution for a Katugampola fractional differential equation using coincidence degree theory (Q6566700)

In this paper, the authors study the existence of positive solutions to the following fractional differential equation with boundary conditions:\N\[\N\left\{\N\begin{array}{llll}\N-(D^{\alpha,\rho}_{a^+} u)(t)=f(t,u(t),D^{\alpha,\rho}_{a^+} u)\quad \, t\in\N(a,b),\\\N&&\\\Nu(a)=0,\ u(b)=\int_a^bu(t)dA(t).\\\N\end{array}\right.\N\]\NHere, \(D^{\alpha,\beta}_{a^+}\) is a Katugampola fractional derivative, which generalizes the Riemann-Liouville and Hadamard fractional derivative, \(\alpha\in(1,2],\) and \(\int_a^bu(t)dA(t)\) denotes a Riemann-Stieltjes integral.\N\NThey apply the fixed point theorem (coincidence degree theory) to obtain criteria ensuring the existence of positive solutions to the above problem. The main results are well-illustrated by some numerical examples.