Abstract
We introduce a new class of boundary value problems consisting of a q-variant system of Langevin-type nonlinear coupled fractional integro-difference equations and nonlocal multipoint boundary conditions. We make use of standard fixed-point theorems to derive the existence and uniqueness results for the given problem. Illustrative examples for the obtained results are also presented.
Keywords:
fractional q-difference equations; Riemann–Liouville integral; nonlocal boundary conditions; existence; fixed point MSC:
34A08; 34B10; 34B15; 39A13
1. Introduction
The Langevin equation provides a decent approach to describe the evolution of fluctuating physical phenomena. Examples include anomalous diffusion [1], time evolution of the velocity of the Brownian motion [2,3], diffusion with inertial effects [4], gait variability [5], harmonization of a many-body problem [6], financial aspects [7], etc. However, the failure of the ordinary Langevin equation for correct description of the dynamical systems in complex media led to its several generalizations. One such example is that of the Langevin equation, involving fractional-order derivative operators, which provides a more flexible model for fractal processes. For some recent results on Langevin equation, see ([8,9,10,11,12]) and the references therein.
The topic of q-difference equations has evolved into an important area of research, as such equations are always completely controllable and appear in the q-optimal control problem [13]. Furthermore, the variational q-calculus is regarded as a generalization of the continuous variational calculus due to the presence of an extra parameter q whose nature may be physical or economical. The variational calculus on the q-uniform lattice is concerned with the study of the q-Euler equation and its applications to commutation equations, and isoperimetric and Lagrange problems. In other words, the q-Euler–Lagrange equation is solved for finding the extremum of the functional involved instead of solving the Euler–Lagrange equation [14]. There do exist q-variants of certain significant concepts, such as q-analogues of fractional operators, q-Laplace transform, q-Taylor’s formula, etc.
Fractional-order operators are found to be of great utility in improving the mathematical modeling of several real-world problems. The variational principles based on fractional derivative operators lead to the class of fractional Euler–Lagrange equations [15]. In addition, one can find some interesting results on optimal control theories for fractional differential systems in the articles [16,17,18,19,20,21].
The popularity of fractional calculus in the recent years led to the birth of the fractional analogue of q-difference equations (fractional q-difference equations), for instance, see [22,23]. One can find interesting results on nonlinear boundary value problems involving fractional q-derivative and q-integral operators, and different kinds of boundary conditions in the articles [24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37]. In a recent work [38], the authors studied the existence of solutions for a nonlinear fractional q-integro-difference equation equipped with q-integral boundary conditions. However, it is observed that there are a few results for coupled systems of fractional q-integro-difference equations [39]. More recently, a coupled system of nonlinear fractional q-integro-difference equations with q-integral coupled boundary conditions was studied in [40].
The objective of the present work is to enrich the literature on boundary value problems of coupled systems of fractional q-integro-difference equations. Keeping in mind the importance of the fractional Langevin equation, we introduce and study a new problem consisting of a coupled system of Langevin-type nonlinear fractional q-integro-difference equations complemented with nonlocal multipoint boundary conditions. The proposed problem is interesting in the sense that it enhances the literature on fractional q-variant of Langevin equations with mixed nonlinearities in terms of the parameter On the other hand, the consideration of multipoint non-separated boundary conditions involving the values of the unknown functions together with their q-derivatives at the end points as well as the interior nonlocal positions of given domain extends the scope of the present work to a more general situation (also see Section 5). For the motivation of nonlocal boundary conditions, we recall that nonlocal multipoint boundary conditions appear in feedback controls problems, optimal boundary control of (finite) string vibrations arising from interior arbitrary positions, etc. For more details, see [41,42,43,44]. In precise terms, we investigate the following boundary value problem:
where and denote the fractional q-derivative operators of the Caputo type, , denotes Riemann–Liouville integral of order are given continuous functions, and are real constants and
Here, one can notice that the right-hand sides of the fractional q-Langevin equations in the system (1) involve the usual as well as q-integral-type nonlinearities. These equations correspond to different combinations of nonlinearities, such as ordinary nonlinearities, and for , purely q-integral-type nonlinearities, and for and so on.
The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we recall some general concepts and results on q-calculus and fractional calculus. We then solve a linear variant of the given problem that provides a platform to define the solution for the problem at hand. Section 3 is devoted to the main existence results, which are established with the aid of some classical fixed-point theorems. The paper concludes with an illustrative example.
2. Preliminaries on Fractional q-Calculus
Here, we recall some basic definitions and known results on fractional q-calculus.
Definition 1.
Let and f be a function defined on The fractional q-integral of the Riemann–Liouville type is and
where
and satisfies the relation:
with
More generally, if , then
For we define the q-derivative of a real valued function f as
For more details, see [22].
Definition 2
([45]). The fractional q-derivative of the Riemann–Liouville type of order is defined by and
where is the smallest integer greater than or equal to
Definition 3
([45]). The fractional q-derivative of the Caputo type of order is defined by
where is the smallest integer greater than or equal to
Definition 4.
(q-Beta function) For any ,
is called the q-beta function.
Recall that
Lemma 1
([45]). Let and let f be a function defined on Then
(i)
(ii)
Lemma 2
([45]). Let Then the following equality holds:
Lemma 3
([25]). Let and Then the following equality holds:
Lemma 4
([46]). For the following is valid
In particular, for using q-integration by parts, we have
Lemma 5.
Let and Then the unique solution of the following linear system of equations:
subject to the boundary conditions (2) is given by
and
where
Proof.
Applying the q-integral operators and , respectively, on the first and second equations of (4), we obtain
where and are arbitrary real constants. Now, applying the q-integral operators and , respectively, to both sides of the above equations, we obtain
where are arbitrary constants. By using the conditions (2), we obtain a system of equations in the unknown constants and given by
where are given in (8), and
Solving the system (11) for and , we find that
where is given by (7). Substituting the values of and in (9) and (10) yields the solution (5) and (6). By direct computation, one can obtain the converse of the lemma. This completes the proof. □
Let be the space equipped with the norm Obviously, is a Banach space. Then, the product space is also a Banach space with the norm for
In view of Lemma 5, we define an operator by
where
3. Existence and Uniqueness Results
In the sequel, we set the notation
In the following theorem, we prove the existence of a unique solution to the system (1) and (2) by applying the Banach contraction mapping principle [47].
Theorem 1.
Let , be continuous functions satisfying the following conditions:
- (A1)
- There exist positive constants such that for each and ,
- (A2)
- There exist positive constants such that for each and ,
Proof.
Let be finite numbers such that
Similarly, we can find that
Then we have
where are given in (13).
Furthermore, we obtain
where are given in (13).
From the foregoing inequalities, it follows that
which implies that . Next we show that the operator is a contraction. Using conditions and , for any we obtain
where are given in (13).
Next, we present an existence result for the problem (1) and (2) which is proved by means of the Leray–Schauder nonlinear alternative [48].
Theorem 2.
Assume that
- are continuous functions and that there exist real constants and such that,
Proof.
In the first step, it will be shown that the operator is completely continuous. Notice that the operator is continuous in view of the continuity of the functions Let be bounded. Then, for all there exist constants such that Let Then there exists such that , and for any we have
where are given in (13). Similarly, we can find that
where are given in (13).
Consequently, we obtain
Therefore, the operator is uniformly bounded. Next, we show that the operator is equicontinuous. Let with . Then we have
which tends to zero as independent of Analogously, we can obtain
Note that the right-hand side of the above inequality tends to zero as independent of Thus the operator is equicontinuous. In view of the foregoing arguments, we deduce that the operator is completely continuous.
Finally, we show that is bounded. Let with and for any , we have
In view of condition we can find that
and
In consequence, we obtain
and
which imply that
4. Examples
- I.
- Illustration of Theorem 1Example 1.Let us consider a nonlinear system of coupled fractional q-integro-difference equations:supplemented with four-point coupled boundary conditionswhere , , , , , , , , , , , , , , andThen as
- II.
- Illustration of Theorem 2Notice that the condition holds true aswith Moreover,
5. Conclusions
We have studied a new class of nonlocal multipoint boundary value problems of Langevin-type nonlinear coupled q-fractional integro-difference equations. First of all, the given problem was converted into an equivalent fixed-point problem. Then, we proved an existence and uniqueness result for the problem at hand by applying the Banach contraction mapping principle. In our second result, we presented the criteria ensuring the existence of a solution for the given problem. We also demonstrated the application of the obtained results by solving some particular problems. We emphasize that our results are new and contribute significantly to the literature on nonlocal multipoint boundary value problems of nonlinear coupled q-fractional integro-difference equations. It is imperative to note that our results correspond to the non-coupled separated boundary conditions for all which are indeed new in the given configuration.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, R.P.A. and B.A.; formal analysis, R.P.A., H.A.-H. and B.A.; methodology, R.P.A., H.A.-H. and B.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant no. (RG-43-130-41).
Institutional Review Board Statement
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Informed Consent Statement
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Data Availability Statement
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Acknowledgments
This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant no. (RG-43-130-41). The authors, therefore, acknowledge with thanks DSR technical and financial support. The authors also thank the reviewers for their constructive remarks on our work.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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