Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions for a Singular Fractional Three-Point Boundary Value Problem

Abstract

We investigate the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the following singular fractional three-point boundary value problemD0+αu(t)+f(t,u(t))=0, 0<t<1, u(0)=u′(0)=u′′(0)=0,u′′(1)=βu′′(η), where3<α≤4,D0+αis the standard Riemann-Liouville derivative andf:(0,1]×[0,∞)→[0,∞)withlim t→0+f(t,·)=∞(i.e.,fis singular att=0). Our analysis relies on a fixed point theorem in partially ordered metric spaces.