Existence of a positive solution to a class of fractional differential equations (Q988720)

The author considers a class of fractional boundary value problem involving the Riemann-Liouville derivative. The main contribution of the author is to improve certain recent results by showing that the Green function associated to the mentioned problem satisfies, among other properties, a Harnack-like inequality. Also, the author shows that the mentioned boundary problem has a positive solution under standard assumptions on the nonlinearity part of the fractional differential equation.