Existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a singular Riemann-Liouville fractional differential problem

Abstract

We investigate the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a nonlinear Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equation with a nonnegative singular nonlinearity, subject to Riemann-Stieltjes boundary conditions which contain fractional derivatives. In the proofs of our main results, we use an application of the Krein-Rutman theorem and some theorems from the fixed point index theory.