Abstract
In this work, the existence and uniqueness of solutions to a sequential fractional (Hybrid) differential equation with hybrid boundary conditions were investigated by the generalization of Dhage’s fixed point theorem and Banach contraction mapping, respectively. In addition, the U-H technique is employed to verify the stability of this solution. This study ends with two examples illustrating the theoretical findings.
    MSC:
                26A33; 34B15; 34B18
            1. Introduction
The theory of fractional calculus is an interesting field to explore in recent years. Additionally, this theory has many applications to describe many events in the real world and deal with a group of phenomena in several fields such as blood flow phenomena, mechanics, biophysics, automatic, aerodynamics, some branches of medicine, and electronics. For instance, the authors of [] discussed the applicability of fractional differential equations in electric circuits, and in 2019, Saqib, M. et al. applied the fractional differential equation to heat transfer in a hybrid nanofluid, see []. For more details, one can refer to [,,,,,,,,,,,,,].
In addition to the great importance of studying the existence of solutions to fractional differential equations using the many theories of the fixed point, several studies have been conducted over the years to investigate how stability concepts such as the Mittag–Leffler function, exponential, and Lyapunov stability apply to various types of dynamic systems. Ulam and Hyers, on the other hand, identified previously unknown types of stability known as Ulam-stability []. This example is not exclusive, as many similar works can be found in [,,,,,,,,,].
To name a few studies on hybrid fractional equations, recently, the authors in [] verified the existence and uniqueness of a solution for the following IVP: 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  is the proportional fractional derivative of order  with respect to a certain continuously differentiable and increasing function v with  for all  is the proportional fractional integral of order of  with respect to a continuously differentiable and increasing function  and  are continuous functions.
In [], the stability, existence, and uniqueness were found for the following hybrid FDE: 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  Subject to the following boundary conditions:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  is the Caputo–Hadamard fractional derivative of order  and .
Recently [], existence results were obtained via the well-known fixed point theories for the following system: 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and the parameters satisfy the condition  for  and for  the function  fulfill the Caratheodory property, the special boundary function  my the nonlinear, and the notation  is used for the first order ordinary derivative of v and  stands for fractional derivative in the sense of Caputo. In the literature, there are other definitions of fractional derivatives. The present paper is a continuation of the work [], in order to study the existence of a solution for a nonlinear sequential hybrid fractional differential equation:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  for  with .   are the Caputo’s fractional derivatives, and   and  are the given continuous functions.
By a solution of the problem (1), we mean a function  such that
- (i)
 - the function is continuous for each and
 - (ii)
 - x satisfies the equations in (1).
 
Despite popular belief, researchers have paid less attention to studies of hybrid fractional differential equations associated with hybrid boundary conditions. According to the authors’ observations, there is no analytical literature on the existence of mixed hybrid fractional differential equations of a sequential type involving hybrid BCs. Adding to this, Dhage’s fixed point theorem is employed in investigating the existence results for the proposed BVP, which gives this work novelty and originality.
The rest of the article is as follows: Section 2 presents the basic definitions, lemmas, and theorems that underpin our main conclusions. In Section 3, we find solutions to the given fractional differential Equation (1) using Dahg’s fixed point theorem. Section 4 looks at the Ulam–Hyers stability of the provided fractional differential Equation (1). In Section 5, an example is provided to further clarify the study’s findings. In Section 6, a conclusion and a future work are introduced.
2. Preliminaries
Let us introduce some preliminary results that will be useful for proving our results in the subsequent sections.
Let the Banach space denoted by  with the norm
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Definition 1. 
([]). The R-L fractional integral of θ with order  is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Definition 2. 
([]). The Caputo fractional integral of order  for a function θ is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where  and  denotes the integer part of 
Next, we state Dhage’s fixed point theorem followed by our main auxiliary lemma.
Theorem 1. 
([]). For any  nonempty, a closed convex and bounded subset of a Banach algebra  and for any operators  and  such that:
- and are Lipschitzian with Lipschitz constants and respectively,
 - is compact and continuous,
 - for all
 - where .
 
Then, the equation  has a solution.
Lemma 1. 
([]). Let  and . If f is a continuous function, then we have
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
For the proof of our auxiliary Lemma, we state the following hypothesis:
 The function  is increasing in  almost everywhere for 
Lemma 2. 
Assume that hypothesis  holds. Then, for any . The function  is a solution of the problem
      
        
      
      
      
      
    is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proof.  
By Lemma 1, we obtain
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		  where . By using to the condition  we find that:
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Using the
		 and  we have
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Substituting the value of   and  we obtain
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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3. Existence Result
Based on Dhage’s fixed point theorem, we will present in this section the verification of the existence of a solution to Equation (1).
	  To simplify the calculations, we set
	   for 
The following assumptions are the necessary conditions to derive our main results:
-  and  are continuous functions.
- There exists a constant  such that
 for all  and .
- There exist positive constants  such that:
- 
 with .
Theorem 2. 
Proof.  
Let the subset  of  be defined as
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        with
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Now,
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Define three operators   and  by:
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
and
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Accordingly, Equation (3) can be transformed into the following operator equation:
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		To achieve all the conditions of Theorem 1, we split our proof into four claims as follows.
Claim 1. Let  then by hypothesis ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for all . Then,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Additionally,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Claim 2. We show the continuity of the operator  in .
Let  be a sequence in  converging to a point . Then, by Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Then,
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for all  This shows the continuity of  in 
Claim 3. We show the compactness of
		 on  Let  for all  define
		   
with
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	First, we show that  is a uniformly bounded set in . For ,  we have:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Consequently,
		
thus,
for all . This shows that  is uniformly bounded on . Next, we show the equicontinuity of  on . Let  then for any 
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        for all  and for all .
Therefore, the operator  is equicontinuously set in .
By applying the Arzelá–Ascoli theorem, we deduce that the operator  is compact and continuous.
Claim 4. We show Hypothesis 3 of Theorem 1.
Let  and  be arbitrary such that . Then,
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Further, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Then,  and, hence, the 3 in Theorem 1 is verified.
Lastly, we obtain
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		  and so,
		  
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		  Hence, the operator  has at least one solution in . So, a solution can be defined for the problem (1) on J, and this finalizes the proof.    □
4. Stability Results
Consider the nonlinear operator , where  is define by (4)
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      for . For some , the following inequality is valid.
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Definition 3. 
Theorem 3. 
Let the assumptions of  hold. Then, problem (1) is Ulam–Hyers stable.
5. Examples
Example 1. 
The following equation is of a fractional hybrid type:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where
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    Clearly, 
Example 2. 
Consider a problem of the following form
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where      and
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    After calculating, we obtain
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Hence, the problem 8 has a least one solution, by Theorem 2.
Example 3. 
For this example, we consider the following problem of the form:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where
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    After calculating, we obtain
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Hence, the problem 8 has a least one solution, by Theorem 2.
6. Conclusions
Most natural phenomena are treated using different types of fractional differential equations. This diversity in this type of equation helps us to scrutinize the integration of many phenomena in various fields. This helps us in creating programs that enable us to consume rational materials. In this paper, based on the generalization of Dhage’s fixed point theorem, Banach contraction mapping, and U-H stability, we treated the existence, uniqueness, and stability of solutions to a sequential fractional (Hybrid) differential equation with hybrid boundary conditions, respectively. This equation plays an important role in the field of the control system. For future work, we suggest using other types of fractional derivative operators such as the generalized Hilfer fractional derivative, and the one who is interested in the subject can also investigate the existence and uniqueness of the solutions for the tripled systems via several fixed points theorems such as Leray–Schuader’s alternative, and Mönch’s fixed point theorem.
Author Contributions
Methodology, M.H.; Investigation, M.A. and K.H.; Resources, M.H.; Writing—original draft, K.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia [Grant No. 2249].
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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