Existence of positive solutions to a coupled system with three­point boundary conditions via degree theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Mathematics, University of Malakand Dir(L), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions of nonlinear fractional hybrid differential equations. By
using the topological degree theory, some results on the existence of solutions are obtained. The results are
demonstrated by a proper example.

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