Existence of Solutions for a Class of Fractional Boundary Value Equations with Impulsive Effects via Critical Point Theory

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of weak solutions for a class of fractional boundary value equations with impulsive effects. Existence results are obtained using the variational methods and the critical point theory. Our theorems mainly extend the recent results of Wang et al. (Mediterr J Math 13(6): 4845–4866, 2016). Finally, some examples are presented to illustrate our results.

Keywords

Fractional differential equations Impulsive problems Variational methods Critical points 

Mathematics Subject Classification

34A08 34B15 34B37 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Mathematics, Faculty of SciencesRazi UniversityKermanshahIran

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