Opuscula Mathematica
Opuscula Math. 36, no. 2 (2016), 215-238

Solutions of fractional nabla difference equations - existence and uniqueness

Jagan Mohan Jonnalagadda
Abstract. In this article, we discuss existence, uniqueness and dependency of solutions of nonlinear fractional nabla difference equations in a Banach space equipped with a suitable norm, using the contractive mapping approach. As an application of the established results we present and analyse a few examples.
Keywords: nabla difference, exponential function, fixed point, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34A08, 39A10, 39A99.
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Jagan Mohan Jonnalagadda
Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad - 500078, Telangana, India
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Communicated by Josef Diblík.
Received: 2015-07-05.
Revised: 2015-09-14.
Accepted: 2015-09-22.
Published online: 2015-12-18.
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Jagan Mohan Jonnalagadda, Solutions of fractional nabla difference equations - existence and uniqueness, Opuscula Math. 36, no. 2 (2016), 215-238, http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2016.36.2.215.
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