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In this work we consider the unique positive solution for the following fractional boundary value problem
Here α ∈ (2, 3] is a real number, D α0+ is the standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order α. By using the method of upper and lower solutions and monotone iterative technique, we also obtain that there exists a sequence of iterations uniformly converges to the unique solution.
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Zhang, K., Xu, J. Unique positive solution for a fractional boundary value problem. fcaa 16, 937–948 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13540-013-0057-0
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