## Journal of Applied Mathematics

### Upper and Lower Solution Method for Fractional Boundary Value Problems on the Half-Line

#### Abstract

We establish the existence of unbounded solutions for nonlinear fractional boundary value problems on the half-line. By the upper and lower solution method technique, sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions for the fractional boundary value problems are established. An example is presented to illustrate our main result.

#### Article information

Source
J. Appl. Math., Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 349025, 11 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 14 March 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jam/1394808289

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2013/349025

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3142568

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06950628

#### Citation

Yang, Dandan; Bai, Chuanzhi. Upper and Lower Solution Method for Fractional Boundary Value Problems on the Half-Line. J. Appl. Math. 2013 (2013), Article ID 349025, 11 pages. doi:10.1155/2013/349025. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jam/1394808289

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