Abstract
This article outlines the necessary requirements for a coupled system of fractional order boundary value involving the Caputo fractional derivative, including its existence, uniqueness, and various forms of Ulam stability. We demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of the proposed coupled system by using the cone-type Leray–Schauder result and the Banach contraction principle. Based on the traditional method of nonlinear functional analysis, the stability is examined. An example is used to provide a clear illustration of our main results.
Keywords:
caputo derivative; implicit coupled system; existence theory; green function; Ulam stability MSC:
34A08; 34B15; 34B27; 34D20
1. Introduction
Fractional differential equations (, for short) have recently received a lot of attention from scholars working on a variety of problems. Numerous fields of engineering and science, including signal and image processing, polymer rheology, complex media electrodynamics, chemistry, aerodynamics, economics, biophysics, control theory, physics, blood flow phenomena, etc., use the aforementioned equations to mathematically model processes and systems. For details, see [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. As a result, scholars are paying close attention to the topic of the aforementioned equations. The theory of boundary value problems for nonlinear , however, is still in its development and needs more research in many areas. For detailed studies, see [8,9,10,11].
By utilizing a variety of fixed point techniques, several scholars have come to some surprising conclusions on the availability of solutions to boundary value problems for . The study of coupled systems of differential equations is extremely important since these kinds of systems commonly arise in real situations with powerful applications. For more details, see [12,13,14,15].
Approximate solutions are frequently used in disciplines such as numerical analysis, optimization theory, and nonlinear analysis; thus, it is essential to understand how closely these solutions resemble the real solutions of the relevant system or systems. Other approaches might be used for this, but the Ulam–Hyers stability (, for short) procedure is simple and straightforward. In 1940, Ulam [16] first brought up the aforementioned stability, to which Hyers brilliantly countered in 1941 [17]. In 1978, Rassias developed the mathematical approach by taking variables into account. Following this, some researchers developed the concepts of functionals, differentials, and integrals, and subsequently, some researchers developed the concept of , see, for example [18,19,20,21,22,23].
Recent years have seen an increase in the study of the existence, uniqueness, and various forms of the of solutions to nonlinear implicit with the Caputo fractional derivative. For more information, see [24,25,26,27,28,29]. We provide some related results in the list that follows:
- Ali et al. [30] identified four alternative types of Ulam stability, as well as the existence and uniqueness of a solution, for the implicit given bywhere . For that are coupled, researchers are currently concentrating their efforts on analysing various types of Ulam stability. Details can be found in [31,32,33,34].
- Ali et al. [35] examined several forms of stability for the implicit coupled system described below in the Ulam sense as well as existence theory:
- Zhang et al. [36] investigated the following mixed-derivative nonlinear implicit Langevin equation with Stieltjes integral conditions:
Inspired by the previous discussions, in this article, we explore the existence, uniqueness, and different types of Ulam stability for the following coupled system:
where , represents the classical Caputo derivative of order , with the lower bound zero, , , , for all , for all , is continuous, and the integrals from the boundary condition are Riemann–Stieltjes integrals with functions of bounded variation.
We list the following as the important points of this paper:
- We use pointwise Stieltjes integrals inspired by our previous paper [36] to model a coupled system for the first time in the literature.
- In this article, we shall look into the existence, uniqueness, and several kinds of Ulam stability for the given coupled system.
- We achieve better results by employing the Stieltjes integral conditions, even though we operated on the coupled system in the same way as in [37].
The arrangement of the paper is as follows. We provide a uniform structure for the suggested model in Section 2. For the existence and uniqueness of the solution of system (1), we employ several conditions and a few common fixed point theorems in Section 3. Ulam’s stabilities are presented in Section 4. Finally, we present an example that illustrates our main results in Section 5.
2. Preliminary
Let the space be a Banach space with the following defined norm . Similarly, the norm defined on the product space is . Obviously, is a Banach space. Furthermore, the cone is defined as
Consider the linear form of the first differential equation of (1) as follows:
We recall some definitions of fractional calculus from [3,38,39,40] as follows:
Definition 1.
For the function , the fractional integral of order α from 0 to ζ is defined by
where is the Gamma function.
Definition 2.
For a function , the Caputo derivative of fractional order α from 0 to ζ is defined as
Lemma 1.
The with involving Caputo differential operator , has a solution in the following form:
where and
Theorem 1.
Suppose a Banach space contains a cone and with being a substantially open set. Let the operator be completely continuous. Then, one of the following circumstances holds true:
- (i)
- There is and such that ;
- (ii)
- has a fixed point in
Definition 3.
The system (1) is , if there is a constant such that, for some and for each and solution of the following:
there is a unique solution with
Definition 4.
Definition 5.
The system (1) is Ulam–Hyers–Rassias stable (, for short), with respect to , if there is a constant such that, for some and for each and solution of the following:
there is a unique solution with
Definition 6.
Remark 1.
If there are , which depend upon and , satisfying the following and , then we say that is a solution of (1).
- (i)
- || ⩽, || ⩽
- (ii)
3. Existence and Uniqueness
The criteria required to confirm the existence and uniqueness of solution to (1) under examination will be built up in this section.
Lemma 2.
Proof.
For the proof, see Lemma 4 in [36]. □
The solution of system (1) is therefore identical to the coupled system of integral equations provided by Lemma 2 for
where the Green function is given as
where
Lemma 3.
The Green function, of system (1) has properties defined in the following:
- (1)
- is continuous over ;
- (2)
- (3)
where
Proof.
It is very easy to prove , , and ; the reader may refer to [36]. □
If , and are solutions of system (1), then
and
Our next step is to convert system (1) into a fixed point problem. Let the operator be defined as
Hence, the fixed point of and the solution of (1) are congruent, where
and
The following assumptions are imposed for further analysis:
- For and , there are , such thatwith and . Similarly, for and , there are , such thatwith and .
- For all and for each , there exists a constant , such thatSimilarly, for all and for each , there exists a constant , such that
Theorem 2.
Let and hold. When that happens, the operator described in (10) is completely continuous.
Proof.
is continuous for all given the continuity of , and . Consider that is a bounded set. Thus, for every we have
Now, by , we have
Now, by using (2) of Lemma 3 and (12) in (11), we get
Similarly, we obtain
where
Thus, from (13) and (14), we get
which yields
As a result, is uniformly bounded. We can now demonstrate that the operator is equi-continuous. To achieve this, suppose and , then
In a same way, we get
In the event that , the right hand sides of (15) and (16) move in the direction of zero. The Arzela–Ascoli theorem is then applied to prove that is uniformly equi-continuous. It is also quite easy to show that . As a result, is completely continuous. □
Theorem 3.
Proof.
Let , we have
Now, by , we have
Substituting (19) in (18) and taking a maximum over , we obtain
In the same way, we can obtain
Thus, from (20) and (21), we get
Therefore, is a contraction mapping. The Banach contraction principle states that has a fixed point as a result. This leads to a unique solution for system (1). □
Theorem 4.
Consider the continuity of the functions and and presume and
hold. Then, system (1) has at least one solution.
Proof.
Let a set be defined as
where Additionally, the operator defined in (10) is a completely continuous operator. Considering , then by definition of , we have
Additionally,
Thus, we can write
Therefore, . Thus, is completely continuous in view of Theorem 2. We now investigate an eigenvalue problem that is defined as
In context of the solution to (22), we therefore obtain
Similarly,
Thus,
The result of Equation (23) is . Therefore, Theorem 1 states that has at least one fixed point that is located in . This demonstrates that system (1) has at least one solution. □
4. Ulam Stability Analysis
In this section, we will look at stability outcomes for problem (1) in the sense of Ulam stability.
Lemma 4.
Consider as the solution of (3). Then, for , we have:
Proof.
In view of (ii) in Remark 1 and for , we have
and thus the solution of (25) will be in the following form
For the first equation in (26), we have
For simplicity, let us denote the sum of terms free of by , then we have
Thus, from above, we have
Using (2) of Lemma 3 and (i) of Remark 1, we get
Similarly, for the second equation from (26), we have
As desired. □
Theorem 5.
Proof.
Consider as the solution of (3) and as the unique solution to the system given by
then, for , the solution of (29) is
Consider
By using Lemma 4 in (30), we have
Now, by , we have
Using (2) of Lemma 3 and (32) in (31), we have
Similarly, we have
Thus, now we have
Now, by taking , then we can write above equation as
where
Thus, problem (1) is . □
- Suppose are increasing functions. Then, there are , such that, for each , the given inequalitiesandhold.
5. Example
We provide an example in this section to illustrate the major points.
Example 1.
Suppose the
where , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . Furthermore, we can easily find and . Therefore,
Thus, system (1) has a unique solution. Additionally, the requirement (28) is also satisfied. System (1) is therefore , generalized , , and generalized .
6. Conclusions
For the given coupled system, we have established the necessary conditions for existence, uniqueness, and other sorts of stability of the solutions of system (1) in the sense of Ulam stability. Banach and Leray–Schauder’s cone-type fixed point theory has been used to achieve the necessary results. Additionally, we have added criteria to the offered solution for system (1), which are suitable for various sorts of Ulam stability. To strengthen the main theoretical conclusion, we included an example.
Author Contributions
Formal analysis, R.M.; Investigation, R.M. and M.A.; Methodology, B.Z.; Resources, B.Z.; Supervision, B.Z.; Writing—original draft, R.M.; Writing—review & editing, M.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research was funded by the Cultivation Project of Young and Innovative Talents in Universities of Shandong Province.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank all reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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