TY - JOUR ID - Denton2011 LB - Denton2011 AU - Denton, Z. AU - Vatsala, A. S. TI - Monotone iterative technique for finite systems of nonlinear Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equations ST - Monotone iterative technique for finite systems of nonlinear Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equations JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2011 VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 327 EP - 339 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2011.31.3.327 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2011.31.3.327 AB - Comparison results of the nonlinear scalar Riemann-Liouville fractional differential equation of order \(q\), \(0 \lt q \leq 1\), are presented without requiring Hölder continuity assumption. Monotone method is developed for finite systems of fractional differential equations of order \(q\), using coupled upper and lower solutions. Existence of minimal and maximal solutions of the nonlinear fractional differential system is proved. KW - fractional differential systems KW - coupled lower and upper solutions KW - mixed quasimonotone property SN - 1232-9274 ER -