This paper is concerned with the solvability for a discrete fractional p-Laplacian boundary value problem. Some existence and uniqueness results are obtained by means of the Banach contraction mapping principle. Additionally, two representative examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the main results.
1. Introduction
For any number a∈ℝ and each interval 𝕀 of ℝ, we denote ℕa={a,a+1,a+2,…} and 𝕀ℕa=𝕀∩ℕa throughout this paper. It is also worth noting that, in what follows, we appeal to the convention that the empty sum is taken to be 0.
In this paper, we will consider the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the following discrete fractional boundary value problem involving a p-Laplacian operator
(1)Δ[ϕp(ΔCαu)](t)=f(t+α-1,u(t+α-1)),t∈[0,b]ℕ0,u(α-2)=β1u(α+b+1),Δu(α-2)=Δu(α-1)=β2Δu(α+b),
where 1<α≤2, b∈ℕ1, β1≠1, β2≠1, Δ is the forward difference operator with stepsize 1, ΔCαdenotes the discrete Caputo fractional difference of order α,f:[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1×ℝ→ℝ is a continuous function, and ϕp is the p-Laplacian operator; that is, ϕp(u)=|u|p-2u, p>1. Obviously, ϕp is invertible and its inverse operator is ϕq, where q>1 is a constant such that 1/p+1/q=1.
The theory of fractional differential equations has become a new important branch of mathematics (see, e.g., [1–8]). At the same time, boundary value problems for fractional differential equations have received considerable attention [9–18]. It is well known that discrete analogues of differential equations can be very useful in applications [19, 20], especially for using computer to simulate the behavior of solutions for certain dynamic equations. Compared to continuous case, significantly less is known about the discrete fractional calculus. However, within the recent years, a lot of papers have appeared on discrete fractional calculus and discrete fractional boundary value problems; see [21–37]. For example, in [25], Atıcı and Eloe explored a discrete fractional conjugate boundary value problem with the Riemann-Liouville fractional difference. To the best of our knowledge, this is pioneering work on discussing boundary value problems in discrete fractional calculus. After that, Goodrich studied discrete fractional boundary value problems involving the Riemann-Liouville fractional difference intensively and obtained a series of excellent results; see [26–31]. In [33, 34], Bastos et al. considered the discrete fractional calculus of variations and established several necessary optimality conditions for fractional difference variational problems. Abdeljawad introduced the conception of Caputo fractional difference and developed some useful properties of it in [35]. Ferreira in [37] initially investigated the existence and uniqueness of solutions for some discrete fractional boundary value problems of order less than one by the Banach fixed point theorem.
Very recently, some authors have focused their attention on the existence of solutions for fractional boundary value problems with the p-Laplacian operator in continuous case [38–44]. However, as far as we know, few papers can be found in the literature for the discrete fractional boundary value problems with the p-Laplacian operator [45].
Inspired by the aforementioned results, we will investigate the discrete fractional p-Laplacian boundary value problem (1) and establish some sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to it by using the Banach contraction mapping principle.
The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 preliminarily provides some necessary basic knowledge for the theory of discrete fractional calculus. In Section 3, the existence and uniqueness results for the solution to problem (1) will be established with the help of the contraction mapping principle. Finally, in Section 4, two concrete examples are provided to illustrate the possible applications of the established analytical results.
2. Preliminaries
For the convenience of the reader, we begin by presenting here some necessary basic definitions and lemmas on discrete fractional calculus theory.
Definition 1 (see [21]).
For any t and ν, the falling factorial function is defined as
(2)tν_=Γ(t+1)Γ(t+1-ν)
provided that the right-hand side is well defined. We appeal to the convention that ift+1-νis a pole of the Gamma function and t+1 is not a pole, then tν_=0.
Definition 2 (see [46]).
The νth fractional sum of a function f:ℕa→ℝ, for ν>0, is defined by
(3)Δ-νf(t)=1Γ(ν)∑s=at-ν(t-s-1)ν-1_f(s),fort∈ℕa+ν.
Definition 3 (see [35]).
The νth Caputo fractional difference of a function f:ℕa→ℝ, for ν>0, ν∉ℕ, is defined by
(4)ΔCνf(t)=Δ-(n-ν)Δnf(t)=1Γ(n-ν)∑s=at-n+ν(t-s-1)n-ν-1_Δnf(s),00000000000000000000fort∈ℕa+n-ν,
where n is the smallest integer greater than or equal to ν and Δn is the nth forward difference operator. If ν=n∈ℕ, then ΔCνf(t)=Δnf(t).
Lemma 4 (see [45]).
Assume that ν>0 and f is defined on ℕa. Then
(5)Δ-νΔCνf(t)=f(t)+c0+c1t+⋯+cn-1tn-1_,
where ci∈ℝ, i=1,2,…,n-1, and n is the smallest integer greater than or equal toν.
Now, we state and prove the following lemma, which provides a representation for the solution to (1) if the solution exists.
Lemma 5.
Let h:[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1→ℝ, and let β1,β2≠1. Then the following problem
(6)Δ[ϕp(ΔCαu)](t)=h(t+α-1),t∈[0,b]ℕ0,(7)u(α-2)=β1u(α+b+1),Δu(α-2)=Δu(α-1)=β2Δu(α+b),
has a unique solution
(8)u(t)=a(t)Γ(α-1)∑s=0b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1))+β1(1-β1)Γ(α)×∑s=0b+1(α+b-s)α-1_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1))+1Γ(α)∑s=0t-α(t-s-1)α-1_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1)),0000000000000000000t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2,
where a(t)=(β2{[β1(α+b+1)+2-α]+(1-β1)t})/((1-β1)(1-β2)).
Proof.
The definition of the discrete Caputo fractional difference, together with condition Δu(α-2)=Δu(α-1), implies that ΔCαu(0)=0. So from (6), we have
(9)ϕp(ΔCαu(t))=ϕp(ΔCαu(0))+∑s=0t-1h(s+α-1)=∑s=0t-1h(s+α-1),
and then
(10)ΔCαu(t)=ϕq(∑s=0t-1h(s+α-1)),t∈[0,b+1]ℕ0.
Hence, in view of Lemma 4, we can get
(11)u(t)=1Γ(α)∑s=0t-α(t-s-1)α-1_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1))+c0+c1t,
where t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2, c0,c1∈ℝ.
Furthermore, we have
(12)Δu(t)=1Γ(α-1)∑s=0t-(α-1)(t-s-1)α-2_ϕq×(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1))+c1,t∈[α-2,α+b]ℕα-2.
Then by conditions u(α-2)=β1u(α+b+1), Δu(α-2)=β2Δu(α+b), we can get
(13)c0=β1(1-β1)Γ(α)×∑s=0b+1(α+b-s)α-1_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1))+β2[β1(α+b+1)+2-α](1-β1)(1-β2)Γ(α-1)×∑s=0b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1)),c1=β2(1-β2)Γ(α-1)×∑s=0b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_ϕq(∑τ=0s-1h(τ+α-1)).
Substituting the values ofc0andc1in (11), we get (8). This completes the proof.
Finally, we list below the following basic properties of thep-Laplacian operator which will be used in the sequel.
If1<p<2,uv>0 and|u|,|v|≥m>0, then
(14)|ϕp(v)-ϕp(u)|≤(p-1)mp-2|v-u|.
Ifp>2,|u|,|v|≤M, then
(15)|ϕp(v)-ϕp(u)|≤(p-1)Mp-2|v-u|.
3. Main Results
In this section, we will use the Banach contraction mapping principle to prove the existence and uniqueness for the solution to problem (1).
Let 𝔼 denote the Banach space of all functions from [α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2 into ℝ endowed with the norm defined by ∥u∥=max{|u(t)|,t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2}.
For the sake of convenience to the following discussion, we set
(16)a¯=max{|a(t)|,t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2},
where a(t) is as given in Lemma 5. Also, for any u,v∈𝔼, we denote
(17)A(v,u)(t)=ϕq(∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,v(s+α-1)))-ϕq(∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))),
for t∈[0,b+1]ℕ0. Obviously, A(v,u)(0)=0.
In view of Lemma 5, we transform problem (1) as
(18)u=ℱu,
where ℱ:𝔼→𝔼 is defined by
(19)(ℱu)(t)=a(t)Γ(α-1)∑s=0b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_×ϕq(∑τ=0s-1f(τ+α-1,u(τ+α-1)))+β1(1-β1)Γ(α)∑s=0b+1(α+b-s)α-1_×ϕq(∑τ=0s-1f(τ+α-1,u(τ+α-1)))+1Γ(α)∑s=0t-α(t-s-1)α-1_×ϕq(∑τ=0s-1f(τ+α-1,u(τ+α-1))),
for t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2. It is clear to see thatuis a solution of the problem (1) if and only ifuis a fixed point of ℱ.
Now, we state the main results as follows.
Theorem 6.
Suppose p>2,β1≠1,β2≠1, and the following condition holds:
there exist positive numbers λ and k with
(20)k<(|1-β1|b!)×(∏i=1b-1(q-1)(b+1)00<000000000000×[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]000<00000000000×[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))-1,
such that
(21)λαtα-1_≤f(t,u),for(t,u)∈[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1×ℝ,(22)|f(t,v)-f(t,u)|≤k|v-u|,fort∈[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1,u,v∈ℝ.
Then the problem (1) has a unique solution.
Proof.
For anyu∈𝔼, by (21), we can get that
(23)∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))≥λ∑s=0t-1α(s+α-1)α-1_=λ(t+α-1)α_≥λΓ(α+1),t∈[1,b+1]ℕ0.
Due to p>2 and 1/p+1/q=1, we know that1<q<2. By (14) and (22), for anyu,v∈𝔼,t∈[1,b+1]ℕ1, we have
(24)|A(v,u)(t)|≤(q-1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2×∑s=0t-1|f(s+α-1,v(s+α-1))0000000-f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))|≤(q-1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∑s=0t-1k∥v-u∥≤k(q-1)(b+1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∥v-u∥.
Next, for any u,v∈𝔼 and for each t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2, together with the fact that A(v,u)(0)=0, we obtain
(25)|(ℱv)(t)-(ℱu)(t)|00=|a(t)Γ(α-1)∑s=0b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_A(v,u)(s)000000+β1(1-β1)Γ(α)∑s=0b+1(α+b-s)α-1_A(v,u)(s)000000+1Γ(α)∑s=0t-α(t-s-1)α-1_A(v,u)(s)|00=|a(t)Γ(α-1)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_A(v,u)(s)00000+β1(1-β1)Γ(α)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s)α-1_A(v,u)(s)00000+1Γ(α)∑s=1t-α(t-s-1)α-1_A(v,u)(s)|00≤{|a(t)|Γ(α-1)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_00000+|β1||1-β1|Γ(α)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s)α-1_00000+1Γ(α)∑s=1t-α(t-s-1)α-1_}0000×k(q-1)(b+1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∥v-u∥00≤{a¯(α+b-1)α-1_Γ(α)00000+|β1|(α+b)α_|1-β1|Γ(α+1)+(α+b)α_Γ(α+1)}0000×k(q-1)(b+1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∥v-u∥00={|1-β1|[a¯α+α+b]+|β1|(α+b)}Γ(α+b)|1-β1|Γ(α+1)Γ(b+1)0000×k(q-1)(b+1)[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∥v-u∥00=((∏i=1b-1k(q-1)(b+1)[|1-β1|(a¯+α+b)0000000000000000000000+|β1|(α+b)][λΓ(α+1)]q-200000000×∏i=1b-1(α+i))×(|1-β1|b!)-1)∥v-u∥00=L∥v-u∥,
whereL=(k(q-1)(b+1)[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)][λΓ(α+1)]q-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))/(|1-β1|b!). From (20), we get that0<L<1, which implies that ℱ is a contraction mapping. By means of the Banach contraction mapping principle, we get that ℱ has a unique fixed point in 𝔼; that is. the problem (1) has a unique solution. This completes the proof.
With a similar proof to that of Theorem 6, we can get the following theorem.
Theorem 7.
Suppose p>2, β1≠1, β2≠1, and the following condition holds:
there exist constantsλ>0andkwith
(26)0<k<(|1-β1|b!)×(∏i=1b-1(q-1)(b+1)00000×[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]00000×[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))-1,
such that
(27)f(t,u)≤-λαtα-1_,for(t,u)∈[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1×ℝ,|f(t,v)-f(t,u)|≤k|v-u|,fort∈[α-1,b+α-1]ℕα-1,u,v∈ℝ.
Then the problem (1) has a unique solution.
Theorem 8.
Suppose1<p<2,β1≠1,β2≠1, and the following condition holds:
there exists a nonnegative functiong:[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1→ℝ and∑s=0bg(s+α-1)=M>0 such that
(28)|f(t,u)|≤g(t),(t,u)∈[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1×ℝ,
and there exists a positive constantksuch that
(29)|f(t,v)-f(t,u)|≤k|v-u|,fort∈[α-1,α+b-1]ℕα-1,u,v∈ℝ.
Then the problem (1) has a unique solution provided that
(30)k<(|1-β1|b!)×(∏i=1b-1[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]000000×(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))-1.
Proof.
By (28), we can get that, fort∈[1,b+1]ℕ1,
(31)|∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))|≤∑s=0t-1|f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))|≤∑s=0bg(s+α-1)=M.
In view of 1<p<2 and 1/p+1/q=1, we can get q>2. From (15) and (29), for any v,u∈𝔼, we have
(32)|A(v,u)(t)|≤(q-1)Mq-2×|∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,v(s+α-1))0000-∑s=0t-1f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))|≤(q-1)Mq-2×∑s=0t-1|f(s+α-1,v(s+α-1))0000000-f(s+α-1,u(s+α-1))|≤(q-1)Mq-2∑s=0t-1k∥v-u∥≤k(q-1)Mq-2t∥v-u∥,t∈[1,b+1]ℕ1.
Hence, for any t∈[α-2,α+b+1]ℕα-2, by A(u,v)(0)=0, we have
(33)|(ℱv)(t)-(ℱu)(t)|00=|a(t)Γ(α-1)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_A(v,u)(s)00000+β1(1-β1)Γ(α)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s)α-1_A(v,u)(s)00000+1Γ(α)∑s=1t-α(t-s-1)α-1_A(v,u)(s)|00≤{|a(t)|Γ(α-1)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s-1)α-2_000000+|β1|(|1-β1|)Γ(α)∑s=1b+1(α+b-s)α-1_000000+1Γ(α)∑s=1t-α(t-s-1)α-1_}0000×k(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∥v-u∥00≤{a¯(α+b-1)α-1_Γ(α)00000+|β1|(α+b)α_(|1-β1|)Γ(α+1)+(α+b)α_Γ(α+1)}0000×k(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∥v-u∥00=((∏i=1b-1k[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]00000000×(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))000000×(|1-β1|b!)-1(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∏i=1b-1(α+i)))∥v-u∥=L∥v-u∥,
where L=(k[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)](q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))/(|1-β1|b!). In view of (30), ℱ is a contraction. Thus, the conclusion of the theorem follows by the contraction mapping principle. This completes the proof.
4. Examples
In this section, we will illustrate the possible application of the above established analytical results with the following two concrete examples.
Example 1.
Consider the discrete fractional boundary value problem
(34)Δ[ϕ3(ΔC3/2u)](t)=3(t+12)1/2_×[12+sin2(u(t+1/2)103+θ)00000000+1390|u(t+12)|(u(t+(1/2))103+θ)],t∈[0,2]ℕ0,10u(-12)=u(92),10Δu(-12)=10Δu(12)=Δu(72),
hereθis a real number.
Conclusion. Problem (34) has a unique nonnegative solution.
Proof.
Corresponding to problem (1), p=3>2, q=3/2, α=3/2, β1=1/10, β2=1/10, b=2, and f(t,u)=3t1/2_[1/2+sin2((u/103)+θ)+(1/390)|u|],(t,u)∈[1/2,5/2]ℕ1/2×ℝ.
Choosing λ=1 and k=3/100, by direct calculation, we can verify that
(35)k=3100<(|1-β1|b!)×(∏i=1b-1(α+i)(q-1)(b+1)00000×[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]00000×[λΓ(α+1)]q-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))-1=183π1/4325≈0.1277.
It is easy to verify that
(36)λαtα-1_=32t1/2_≤3t1/2_[12+sin2(u103+θ)+1390|u|]=f(t,u),(t,u)∈[12,52]ℕ1/2×ℝ,|f(t,v)-f(t,u)|=3t1/2_|sin2(v103+θ)00000000000-sin2(u103+θ)00000000000+1390|v|-1390|u|sin2(v103+θ)|≤3(52)1/2_(1300+1390)|v-u|=694160π|v-u|≈0.0294|v-u|<k|v-u|,
for t∈[1/2,5/2]ℕ1/2, u,v∈ℝ. Therefore, by Theorem 6, the boundary value problem (34) has a unique solution. Furthermore, from the nonnegativeness of f and the expression of ℱ, we also get that the unique solution of (34) is nonnegative.
Example 2.
Consider the nonlinear discrete fractional boundary value problem
(37)Δ[ϕ3/2(ΔC3/2u)](t)=32(t+12)1/2_×sin2(u(t+1/2)40+ω),t∈[0,2]ℕ0,2u(-12)=-u(92),2Δu(-12)=2Δu(12)=Δu(72),
where ω is a real number.
Conclusion. Problem (37) has a unique solution.
Proof.
The problem (37) can be regarded as problem (1), where p=3/2<2, q=3>2, α=3/2, β1=-1/2, β2=1/2,b=2, and f(t,u)=(3/2)t1/2_sin2((u/40)+ω), (t,u)∈[1/2,5/2]ℕ1/2×ℝ. Taking g(t)=(3/2)t1/2_, t∈[1/2,5/2]ℕ1/2, then M=(105Γ(1/2))/32. Let k=1/600≈0.0017; we have
(38)k<(|1-β1|b!)×(∏i=1b-1[|1-β1|(a¯α+α+b)+|β1|(α+b)]000000×(q-1)(b+1)Mq-2∏i=1b-1(α+i))-1=6415225π≈0.0024.
Moreover, we can verify that
(39)|f(t,u)|≤g(t),(t,u)∈[12,52]ℕ1/2×ℝ,|f(t,v)-f(t,u)|≤32t1/2_1402|v-u|≤32(52)1/2_1402|v-u|=9π10240|v-u|≈0.0016|v-u|<k|v-u|,
for t∈[1/2,5/2]ℕ1/2, v,u∈ℝ.
Therefore, by Theorem 8, problem (37) has a unique solution.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by the Longdong University Grant XYZK-1010 and XYZK-1007.
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