Abstract
In this research paper, we consider a class of a coupled system of fractional integrodifferential equations in the frame of Hilfer fractional derivatives with respect to another function. The existence and uniqueness results are obtained in weighted spaces by applying Schauder’s and Banach’s fixed point theorems. The results reported here are more general than those found in the literature, and some special cases are presented. Furthermore, we discuss the Ulam–Hyers stability of the solution to the proposed system. Some examples are also constructed to illustrate and validate the main results.
Keywords:
ϑ-Hilfer fractional derivative; fractional coupled system; existence and stability of solutions; fixed point theorem MSC:
26A33; 34A08; 34A12; 34D20; 47H10
1. Introduction
Recently, the theory of fractional differential equations (FDEs) has become an active space of exploration. This is because of its accurate outcomes compared with the classical differential equations (DEs). Indeed, fractional calculus has been improving the mathematical modeling of sundry phenomena in science and engineering, for more details, refer to the monographs [1,2,3,4,5]. The fundamental benefit of using fractional-order derivatives (FODs) rather than integer-order derivatives (IODs) is that IODs are local in nature, whereas FODs are global in nature. Numerous physical phenomena cannot be modeled for a single DE. To overcome this challenges, these kinds of phenomena can be given the assistance of coupled systems of DEs. As of late, coupled systems of FDEs have been investigated with various methodologies, see [6,7,8,9,10].
The existence and uniqueness results play a significant part in the theory of FDEs. The previously mentioned region has been investigated well for classical DEs. However, for FDEs, there are many theoretical aspects that need further investigation and exploration. The existence and uniqueness results of FDEs have been very much concentrated up by using Riemann–Liouville (R-L), Caputo, and Hilfer FDs, see [11,12,13,14].
Recently, notable consideration has been given to the qualitative analysis of initial and boundary value problems for FDEs with -Caputo and -Hilfer FDs introduced by Almedia [15] and Sousa et al. [16], respectively, see [17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]. By considering physical phenomena which are modeled by utilizing classical FDs, the importance of -Hilfer FD can be discussed by redesigning and remodeling such models under -Hilfer FD.
In this regard, the most relaxing technique for stability for functional equations was presented by Ulam [25] and Hyers [26] which is famous for Hyers–Ulam (in short H-U) stability. The first investigation into H-U’s stability for DEs was presented by Obloza [27]. Moreover, Li and Zada in [28] provided connections between the stability of U-H and uniform exponential over Banach space. These types of stability have been very well-investigated for FDEs, see [29,30,31,32,33,34]. The existence and stability of solutions of the following -Hilfer type FDE:
have been investigated by Vanterler et al. [35]. Abdo and Panchal in [36] proved the existence, uniqueness and Ulam–Hyers stability of the following -Hilfer type fractional integrodifferential equation:
where and represent -Hilfer FD and -Reimann-Liouville FI, respectively.
Motivated by the above discussion, we investigate the existence, uniqueness, and H-U stability of the solutions of a coupled system involving -Hilfer FD of the type:
where
- (i)
- and
- (ii)
- represents the -Hilfer FD of order and type .
- (iii)
- and represent the-R-L fractional integrals of order and ,respectively;
- (iv)
- are continuous and nonlinear functions on a Banach space ;
- (v)
- are an increasing function with for all
We pay attention to the topic of a novel operator with respect to another function, as it covers many fractional systems that are special cases for various values of . More precisely, the existence, uniqueness, and U-H stability of solutions to the system (1) are obtained in weighted spaces by using standard fixed point theorems (Banach-type and Schauder type) along with Arzelà–Ascoli’s theorem.
The content of this paper is organized as follows: Section 2 presents some required results and preliminaries about -Hilfer FD. Our main results for the system (1) are addressed in Section 3. Some examples to explain the acquired results are given in Section 4. In the end, we epitomize our study in the Conclusion section.
2. Preliminaries
In this section, we recall the concept of advanced fractional calculus. Throughout the paper, we assume that , and is an increasing linear function which satisfies for all Let
and
where Obviously, and are Banach spaces under and respectively. Hence the products and are also Banach spaces with norms
and
respectively. Let with . Then, the gamma function is defined by [37]
and let with . Then, the beta function is defined by [37]
Note that, beta function and gamma function have the following relation
Definition 1
([2]). The ϑ-R-L fractional integral of order for a function is given by
where is the gamma function defined by (2).
Definition 2
([16]). The Hilfer FD of a function of order and type is defined by
where , , and
Lemma 1
([2,16]). Let Then
- 1.
- 2.
We note also that where
Lemma 2
([16]). Let , and , then
where and
Theorem 1
([38] (Banach’s Theorem)). Let be a closed subset of a Banach space . Then any contraction mapping has a unique fixed point.
Theorem 2
([39] (Schauder’s Theorem)). Let be a non-empty closed and convex subset of a Banach space . If is a continuous such that is a relatively compact subset of , then has at least one fixed point in Ω.
3. Main Results
In this section, we establish the existence, uniqueness, and U-H stability results for the system (1). To obtain our principle results, we consider the following assumptions:
- (Hy1)
- are continuous such that for each there exist with
- (Hy2)
- are completely continuous such that for each there exist with
Theorem 3.
Let , and If satisfies
then
Proof.
Let
Applying the integral on the equation and using Lemma 2, we have
which implies
Similarly,
□
3.1. Existence Result
Theorem 4.
Proof.
Consider a closed ball
where with In view of Theorem 3, we transform system (1) into a fixed point system. Define the operator on , where
For any , we have
Similarly, we obtain
Hence
Now, we prove that is continuous and compact. Let a sequence in such that in as so, we have
This implies that as So, is continuous. Moreover, is bounded on . Therefore, is uniformly bounded on
To prove that is equicontinuous, we take with and for any , we obtain
Since and are continuous on . Therefore, there exist such that
Hence
Similarly,
Thus, as Thus, is relatively compact on . It follows that is completely continuous due to the Arzela–Ascolli theorem. An application Theorem 2 shows that system (1) has at least one solution. □
3.2. Uniqueness Result
Theorem 5.
Assume that (Hy holds. If then the system (1) has a unique solution on , where
Proof.
To demonstrate the desired result, we show that is a contraction. For each and we have
which implies
Since , is a contraction map. Thus, a unique solution exists on for system (1) in view of Theorem 1, and this completes the proof. □
3.3. Special Cases
In this subsection, we present some special cases according to our previous findings:
Case 1: If then the system (1) is reduced to a Hilfer type coupled system of FIDE of the form
where and represent the Hilfer FD of order and the R-L fractional integral of order respectively (see [5]). Therefore, the results in Theorems 4 and 5 can be presented by
Let
Then the next two corollaries are a special case of the Theorems 4 and 5.
Corollary 1.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy are satisfied. If , then system (12) has at least one solution , where Λ as in Theorem 4.
Corollary 2.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy are satisfied. If then the system (12) has a unique solution , where
Case 2: Let and then the system (1) is reduced to a Hilfer–Hadamard type coupled system of FIDE of the form
where and represent the Hilfer–Hadamard FD of order and the Hadamard fractional integral of order respectively, (see [40,41]). Consequently, the results in Theorems 4 and 5 can be offered by
Let
Then the following two results are a special case of the Theorems 4 and 5.
Corollary 3.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy hold. If , then system (13) has at least one solution , where Λ is as in Theorem 4.
Corollary 4.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy are satisfied. If then the system (13) has a unique solution in , where
Case 3: If for then the system (1) is reduced to a Hilfer–Katugumpola type coupled system of FIDE of the form
where and represent the Hilfer–Katugumpola FD of order and the Katugumpola fractional integral of order respectively, (see [42,43]). So, the results in Theorems 4 and 5 can be given by
Let
Then the following results are a special case of the Theorems 4 and 5.
Corollary 5.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy hold. If , then system (14) has at least one solution , where Λ as in Theorem 4.
Corollary 6.
Assume that (Hy and (Hy are satisfied. If then the system (14) has a unique solution in , where
Remark 1.
Many other special cases of function ϑ and parameter generate similar problems and systems some of them addressed in the literature, to name a few, the ϑ-Hilfer type system (1) reduces to
- (1)
- The R-L type system, for , and (see [2]);
- (2)
- The Caputo type system, for , and (see [2]);
- (3)
- The Hilfer type system, for (see [5]);
- (4)
- The Katugampola type system, for and (see [42]);
- (5)
- The Caputo–Katugampola type system, for and (see [44]);
- (6)
- The Hilfer–Katugampola type system, for (see [43]);
- (7)
- The Hadamard type system, for and (see [40]);
- (8)
- The Caputo–Hadamard type system, for and (see [45]);
- (9)
- The Hilfer–Hadamard type system, for (see [41]).
3.4. U-H Stability Analysis
In this subsection, we discuss the U-H Stability of the considered system.
Definition 3.
Remark 2.
satisfies (15) if and only if there exist functions such that:
- (i)
- and
- (ii)
- For all
Lemma 3.
If satisfies (15), then is the solution of the inequalities
Proof.
Hence,
Similarly, we obtain
□
Theorem 6.
Under the hypothesis (Hy, if then the solution of the coupled system (1) is H-U stable, where
4. Examples
Consider the -Hilfer type system
where , and
- 1.
- In order to illustrate Theorem 5, we take andThen we haveand
- 2.
- In order to illustrate Theorem 4, we takeIt is easy to see that
- 3.
- In order to illustrate Theorem 6, we have from case 1 that (Hy) is satisfied. As has been shown in Theorem 6, for and , if satisfiesthere exists a unique solution of the problem (29) with f and g given by (30) such thatwhereandHence which implies that system (29) is H-U stable.
5. Conclusions
Recently, FDEs have attracted the interest of several researchers with prosperous applications, especially those involving generalized fractional operators. It is important that we investigate the fractional systems with generalized Hilfer derivatives since these derivatives cover many systems in the literature and they contain a kernel with different values that generates many special cases. As an additional contribution in this topic, existence, uniqueness, and U-H stability results of a coupled system for a new class of fractional integrodifferential equations in the generalized Hilfer sense are examined. The analysis of obtained results is based on applying Schauder’s and Banach’s fixed point theorems, and Arzelà-Ascoli’s theorem.
It should be noted that in light of our obtained results, our use of the generalized Hilfer operator covers many systems associated with different values of the function and the parameter , as is the case in the Special Cases section.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, M.S.A., A.M.S. and M.B.J.; formal analysis, M.S.A., A.M.S. and M.B.J.; methodology, M.S.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
The Deanship of Scientific Research at Qassim University supported this work.
Institutional Review Board Statement
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Data Availability Statement
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank the anonymous referees for their careful reading of the manuscript and their insightful comments, which have helped improve the quality of the manuscript. Moreover, the first author would like to thank the Department of Mathematics, College of Science, and the Deanship of Scientific Research at Qassim University for encouraging scientific research and supporting this work.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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