Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problem of Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equation

Abstract

We are concerned with the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for the nonlinear fractional boundary value problem:D0+αu(t)+λa(t) f(u(t))=0, 0<t<1, u(0)=u′(0)=u′(1)=0,where2<α<3is a real number andD0+αis the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative. Our analysis relies on Krasnoselskiis fixed point theorem of cone preserving operators. An example is also given to illustrate the main results.