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In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for a multi-point boundary value problem of nonlinear fractional differential equations. By applying a monotone iterative method, some existence results of positive solutions are obtained. In addition, an example is included to demonstrate the main result.
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Tian, Y., Zhou, Y. Positive solutions for multipoint boundary value problem of fractional differential equations. J. Appl. Math. Comput. 38, 417–427 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12190-011-0487-y
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