## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### The Existence of Positive Solutions for Fractional Differential Equations with Sign Changing Nonlinearities

#### Abstract

We investigate the existence of at least two positive solutions to eigenvalue problems of fractional differential equations with sign changing nonlinearities in more generalized boundary conditions. Our analysis relies on the Avery-Peterson fixed point theorem in a cone. Some examples are given for the illustration of main results.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2012, Special Issue (2012), Article ID 180672, 13 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 April 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1365168371

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2012/180672

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2947739

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1246.34008

#### Citation

Jiang, Weihua; Qiu, Jiqing; Guo, Weiwei. The Existence of Positive Solutions for Fractional Differential Equations with Sign Changing Nonlinearities. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2012, Special Issue (2012), Article ID 180672, 13 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/180672. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1365168371

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