Continuous Dependence on the Initial Functions and Stability Properties in Hyers–Ulam–Rassias Sense for Neutral Fractional Systems with Distributed Delays

Abstract

We study several stability properties on a finite or infinite interval of inhomogeneous linear neutral fractional systems with distributed delays and Caputo-type derivatives. First, a continuous dependence of the solutions of the corresponding initial problem on the initial functions is established. Then, with the obtained result, we apply our approach based on the integral representation of the solutions instead on some fixed-point theorems and derive sufficient conditions for Hyers–Ulam and Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability of the investigated systems. A number of connections between each of the Hyers–Ulam, Hyers–Ulam–Rassias, and finite-time Lyapunov stability and the continuous dependence of the solutions on the initial functions are established. Some results for stability of the corresponding nonlinear perturbed homogeneous fractional linear neutral systems are obtained, too.

Keywords

• fractional derivatives
• neutral fractional systems
• distributed delay
• integral representation