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A Fite type result for sequential fractional differential equations

Dynamical Systems 2009-04-10 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Given the solution ff of the sequential fractional differential equation aDtα(aDtαf)+P(t)f=0_{a}D_{t}^{\alpha}(_{a}D_{t}^{\alpha}f)+P(t)f=0, t[b,c]t\in[b,c], where <a<b<c<+-\infty<a<b<c<+\infty, α(1/2,1)\alpha\in({1/2},1) and P:[a,+)[0,P]P:[a,+\infty)\to[0,P_{\infty}], P<+P_{\infty}<+\infty, is continuous, assume that there exist t1,t2[b,c]t_1,t_2\in[b,c] such that f(t1)=(aDtαf)(t2)=0f(t_1)=(_{a}D_{t}^{\alpha}f)(t_2)=0. Then, we establish here a positive lower bound for cac-a which depends solely on α,P\alpha,P_{\infty}. Such a result might be useful in discussing disconjugate fractional differential equations and fractional interpolation, similarly to the case of (integer order) ordinary differential equations.

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@article{arxiv.0904.1490,
  title  = {A Fite type result for sequential fractional differential equations},
  author = {Octavian G. Mustafa and Thabet Abdeljawad and Dumitru Baleanu and Fahd Jarad and Juan J. Trujillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1490},
  year   = {2009}
}
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