On the existence of nonnegative solutions for a class of fractional boundary value problems

Abstract

‎In this paper‎, ‎we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of nonnegative solutions of a boundary value problem for a fractional order differential equation‎. ‎By applying Kranoselskii`s fixed--point theorem in a cone‎, ‎first we prove the existence of solutions of an auxiliary BVP formulated by truncating the response function‎. ‎Then the Arzela--Ascoli theorem is used to take $C^1$ limits of sequences of such solutions.