Generalized Cauchy type problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations with composite fractional derivative operator (Q765850)

The Cauchy type problem is considered for general \(n\)-term nonlinear fractional differential equations \[ \left(D_{a+}^{\mu,nu} y\right)(x) = f(x, y(x), \left(D_{a+}^{\mu_1,nu_1} y\right)(x), \left(D_{a+}^{\mu_2,nu_2} y\right)(x), \ldots, \left(D_{a+}^{\mu_{m-1},nu_{m-1}} y\right)(x) \tag{1} \] with \(n\) initial conditions \[ \lim_{x\rightarrow a+} \frac{d^k}{d x^k} \left(I_{a+}^{(n-\mu)(1-\nu)} y\right)(x) = c_k,\;\;\; c_k\in{\mathbb R} (k = 0, 1, \ldots, n-1). \tag{2} \] Here \[ \left(D_{a+}^{\mu,nu} y\right)(x) = \left(I_{a+}^{\nu (1-\mu)} \frac{d}{d x} \left(I_{a+}^{(1-\nu)(1-\mu)} f\right)\right)(x) \] is a composite type generalized fractional derivative. The problem (1)-(2) is equivalently reduced to a nonlinear integro-fractional equation of Volterra type. The latter is investigated by using the combination of successive approximation and Laplace transformation. In special cases, the solution is presented in an explicit form in terms of the generalized multinomial Mittag-Leffler functions.