Abstract
In this study, we present a mild solution to the Hilfer fractional differential equations with infinite delay. Firstly, we establish the results on an infinite interval; to achieve this, we use the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem and Mönch’s fixed point theorem via a measure of noncompactness. Secondly, we consider the existence of a mild solution when the semigroup is compact, and the Schauder fixed-point theorem is used. The outcome is demonstrated using an infinitesimal operator, fractional calculus, semigroup theory, and abstract space. Finally, we present an example to support the results.
1. Introduction
In many physical processes, fractional calculus with many fractional derivatives is highly concentrated. The fractional differential system has recently attracted a great deal of attention due to its range of wondrous scientific and technological applications. Fractional systems may be used to solve a wide range of issues in various fields, including viscoelasticity, electrical systems, electrochemistry, fluid flow, etc. Differential inclusions, which are an extension of differential equations and inequalities and may be regarded of as a branch of control theory, have several potential applications. When one is adept at employing differential inclusions, dynamical systems with velocities that are not solely determined by the system’s state are easier to analyze. Numerous studies have been undertaken to investigate boundary value problems. Additionally, several investigations have been conducted to determine if there are solutions that are applicable to systems as well as . In [], the author established the concepts of semigroup theory, infinitesimal generator, and the abstract Cauchy problem. Meanwhile, researchers presented basic ideas and results related to fractional calculus and their applications [,,,]. In [], the authors established their results related to various fractional differential systems. Meanwhile, several research papers [,,] validate the discussion of this theory and its applications in fractional calculus.
A newly developed fractional derivative known as the Hilfer fractional derivative, which includes both the Caputo fractional and the Riemann–Liouville fractional derivatives, was proposed by Hilfer []. The article [] began by determining a mild solution to the Hilfer fractional differential equations via the Laplace transform and fixed-point method. In several recent articles [,,], the existence and the controllability of the Hilfer fractional differential systems via fixed-point approach have been analyzed. In the article in [], the Hilfer fractional differential system with almost sectorial operators is explained.
Recent research on fractional differential systems has predominantly focused on the existence of solutions in the limited interval [0,b]. Various fixed-point theorems and the Ascoli–Arzelà theorem are frequently used in this research. The traditional Ascoli–Arzelà theorem is a well-known technique that provides necessary and sufficient conditions to determine how abstract continuous functions relate to one another; however, it is only applicable to finite closed intervals. But, in [], the author studied the existence of a mild solution to the Hilfer fractional differential system on a semi-infinite interval via the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem. Additionally, in [], the researchers established the existence of mild solutions for the system of Hilfer fractional derivatives on an infinite interval. The generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem and the fixed-point theorem were used to prove the existence of the mild solution.
Our article’s significant contributions are as follows:
- (i)
- For the Hilfer fractional differential system, we show the necessary and sufficient conditions for the mild solution’s existence.
- (ii)
- In this work, we study when a fractional differential system (1) has a mild solution on the infinite interval .
- (iii)
- Our system (1) is defined by an infinite delay.
- (iv)
- We show that our result is consistent with the concept of the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem (8).
- (v)
- We begin by proving the existence of the system via the measure of noncompactness by using the fixed-point theorem (7).
- (vi)
- Next, we prove the existence of a mild solution to the system for a compact semigroup. Schauder’s fixed-point theorem is used in this condition.
- (vii)
- Finally, an example is presented to illustrate the results.
In this study, by applying the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem and some novel approaches, we establish the existence of mild solutions in an infinite interval via a measure of noncompactness (MNC). Consider the following system:
where is the of order and type , is the infinitesimal generator in Banach space , and is a function.
This paper is organized as follows: The principles of fractional calculus, abstract spaces, and semigroup are described in Section 2. In Section 3, we begin by proving the existence of the mild solution using MNC. We analyze a scenario in which the semigroup is compact and demonstrate the existence of the mild solution in Section 3.2. In Section 4, we provide an example to highlight our key principles. The final section contains the conclusions.
2. Preliminaries
We begin by defining the key concepts, theorems, and lemmas that are used throughout the whole article.
Consider as a Banach space, with the norm . Let and be the collection of all continuous functions from into . Now, we express
where , which implies that is a Banach space.
Referring to the article in [], next, we introduce an abstract phase space . Let be continuous along . Now, for every , we have
and take the space with the norm
Next, we set
If is endowed with
Next, we define the set
Let in be the seminorm defined as
Lemma 1
([]). If , then for . Furthermore,
Lemma 2
([] Hille–Yosida Theorem). The linear operator is the infinitesimal generator of a semigroup in Banach space if and only if
- (i)
- is closed and ,
- (ii)
- is the resolvent set of contains and, for every , it holds that
where .
Lemma 3
([]). The system (1) is identical to the integral equation
Definition 1.
Lemma 4
([]). If is a compact operator, then and are also compact operators.
Lemma 5
([]). For any fixed and are linear operators, i.e., for every ,
Lemma 6
([]). Suppose is equicontinuous, then the operators and are strongly continuous, i.e., for every and , it holds
Definition 2.
The Hausdorff measure of noncompactness is defined as , where .
Theorem 1.
([]). If is a set of Bochner integrable functions from to with the estimate property, for almost all and every , where , then the function is in and satisfies
Lemma 7
([]). Suppose is a closed convex subset of and . Suppose is a continuous map which fulfills Mönch’s condition; that is, if is countable and is compact. Then, has a fixed point in .
Let us consider the following hypotheses:
- (H1)
- is equicontinuous; that is, is continuous in the uniform operator topology for and there exists a constant such that .
- (H2)
- Next, the function fulfills following:
- (a)
- is Lebesgue measurable with respect to on is continuous with respect to each on .
- (b)
- There exist , the function , and a positive integrable function , such thatand satisfies .
- (c)
- There exist and , such that is bounded:for almost all , where is the Hausdorff measure of noncompactness.
3. Extant
3.1. Semigroup Is Noncompact
Here, we present the following generalized form of the Ascoli–Arzelà theorem.
Lemma 8
([]). The set is relatively compact if and only if the succeeding conditions are satisfied:
- 1.
- the set is equicontinuous on for any ;
- 2.
- for any is relatively compact in ;
- 3.
- uniformly for .
Let us consider the operator defined as
For , we define by
then . Let . It is simple to demonstrate that fulfills Equation (3) if and only if satisfies and
Let . For any ,
Thus, is a Banach space.
For choose . Then, is uniformly bounded, and for , by Lemma 1, it holds that
where .
Let us consider the operator defined by
We show that has a fixed point. First, we prove
Lemma 9.
Suppose that are satisfied; then, is equicontinuous on , where and uniformly for .
Proof. Step 1.
thus
Therefore, uniformly for . □
We show that is equicontinuous. For any where , we obtain
We observe that
and we obtain when . For arbitrary small it holds
Based on Lemma 6, when .
Clearly, when .
Therefore, is equicontinuous.
- Step 2. Now, we prove that uniformly for . For any , from Lemma 5 and , we obtain
Lemma 10.
Assume that the hypotheses – hold, then and is continuous.
Proof.
First, we prove that maps into itself. For each , assume that this is not true, i.e., there exists such that . Thus,
Dividing both sides by and letting , we obtain , which contradicts our assumptions. Therefore, .
Next, we prove that is continuous. Let be the sequence in , which is convergent to . Then, it holds that
Similarly,
From , we obtain
Also, the function is integrable for . Using the Lebesgue-dominated convergent theorem, we obtain
Therefore,
Hence, is continuous. Thus, the proof is completed. □
Theorem 2.
Suppose that hold. If satisfies Mönch’s condition, then the system (1) has at least one mild solution.
Proof.
Considering the set , we show that W is relatively compact.
According to Lemmas 5 and 6, the set W is equicontinuous and uniformly for . Thus, it remains to verify that the set W is relatively compact. Suppose that is countable and . We must prove that , where μ is the Hausdorff measure of noncompactness. Based on Theorem 1 and , we obtain
then,
Thus, we obtain , which implies that is relatively compact. Therefore, based on Lemma 8, the set W is relatively compact. Hence, using Lemma 7, we conclude that the fractional differential system (1) has at least one mild solution. □
3.2. Semigroup Is Compact
In this part we assume that for , the semigroup is compact on X. Hence, the compactness of follows.
Theorem 3.
If the assumptions – are true and is compact, the system (1) has a mild solution.
Proof.
Obviously, it is sufficient to show that has a fixed point in . Here, we assume that the semigroup is compact and fulfills . Then, based on Lemmas 5 and 6, the set W is equicontinuous and uniformly for . Thus, it remains to verify that the set W is relatively compact. To achieve this, we introduce a new operator , such that and . Take . Then, we consider
Since, according to Lemma 4, is compact, this implies that is compact for . Therefore, is compact, so that is relatively compact. Furthermore, for , we obtain that:
Therefore, the set W is relatively compact in . Thus, using the Schauder fixed-point theorem, we prove that has a fixed point, so the system (1) has a mild solution. This completes the proof. □
4. Application
Let us consider the following system with infinite delay on an infinite interval:
Let us take to satisfy the norm and defined by , such that the domain
contains the orthogonal set of eigenvectors of and
where . Then, generates a compact, analytic, self-adjoint semigroup ; that is, Therefore, there is a constant , such that .
Let , then and define
Let us take
Thus, the Equation (6) is represented in the abstract form of the Equation (1). Furthermore, the system satisfies the following:
- 1.
- is continuous in and .
- 2.
- is continuous and for it holds that , where is a continuous increasing function.
We verify the following:
such that . Furthermore, we can write
Therefore, is satisfied, proving that the system (1) has a mild solution on the infinite interval .
5. Conclusions
In this work, we studied the existence of a mild solution to the Hilfer fractional differential system on an infinite interval via the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem and fixed-point method. First, we proved the existence of a mild solution to an infinite delay system using the measure of noncompactness; after that, we established the compactness of the semigroup via the Schauder fixed-point technique; and finally, an example was provided. In the future, we will study the controllability of a Hilfer fractional differential system on an infinite interval via the generalized Ascoli–Arzelà theorem and fixed-point approach.
Author Contributions
Conceptualisation, C.S.V.B., M.S., A.D., V.T., S.R. and R.U.; methodology, C.S.V.B.; validation, C.S.V.B. and R.U.; formal analysis, C.S.V.B.; investigation, M.S., A.D., V.T., S.R. and R.U.; resources, C.S.V.B.; writing original draft preparation, C.S.V.B.; writing review and editing, M.S., A.D., V.T., S.R. and R.U.; visualisation, M.S. and R.U.; supervision, M.S., A.D., V.T., S.R. and R.U.; project administration, M.S. and R.U. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
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Data Availability Statement
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Acknowledgments
Research of the third author is partially supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, under project 451-03-47/2023-01/200103. The authors are grateful to the reviewers of this article who provided insightful comments and advices that allowed us to revise and improve the content of the paper.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:
| Hilfer Fractional Derivative | |
| Hilfer Fractional Differential | |
| MNC | Measure of Noncompactness. |
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