Opuscula Mathematica (Mar 2020)

On the asymptotic behavior of nonoscillatory solutions of certain fractional differential equations with positive and negative terms

  • John R. Graef,
  • Said R. Grace,
  • Ercan Tunç

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2020.40.2.227
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 2
pp. 227 – 239

Abstract

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This paper is concerned with the asymptotic behavior of the nonoscillatory solutions of the forced fractional differential equation with positive and negative terms of the form \[^{C}D_{c}^{\alpha}y(t)+f(t,x(t))=e(t)+k(t)x^{\eta}(t)+h(t,x(t)),\] where \(t\geq c \geq 1\), \(\alpha \in (0,1)\), \(\eta \geq 1\) is the ratio of positive odd integers, and \(^{C}D_{c}^{\alpha}y\) denotes the Caputo fractional derivative of \(y\) of order \(\alpha\). The cases \[y(t)=(a(t)(x^{\prime}(t))^{\eta})^{\prime} \quad \text{and} \quad y(t)=a(t)(x^{\prime}(t))^{\eta}\] are considered. The approach taken here can be applied to other related fractional differential equations. Examples are provided to illustrate the relevance of the results obtained.

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