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Solvability of Implicit Fractional Order Integral Equation in p(1 ≤ p<∞) Space via Generalized Darbo’s Fixed Point Theorem

Inzamamul Haque

Inzamamul Haque

Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India amu.ac.in

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Javid Ali

Javid Ali

Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India amu.ac.in

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M. Mursaleen

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M. Mursaleen

Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India amu.ac.in

Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University (Taiwan), Taichung, Taiwan cmu.edu.cn

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First published: 20 May 2022
Citations: 11
Academic Editor: Reny George

Abstract

We present a generalization of Darbo’s fixed point theorem in this article, and we use it to investigate the solvability of an infinite system of fractional order integral equations in p(1 ≤ p<∞) space. The fundamental tool in the presentation of our proofs is the measure of noncompactness (mnc) approach. The suggested fixed point theory has the advantage of relaxing the constraint of the domain of compactness, which is necessary for several fixed point theorems. To illustrate the obtained result in the sequence space, a numerical example is provided. Also, we have applied it to an integral equation involving fractional integral by another function that is the generalization of many fixed point theorems and fractional integral equations.

1. Introduction

The integral equations have a variety of practical applications in defining specific real-world problems and situations, such as the law of physics, the theory of radioactive transmission, statistical mechanics, and cytotoxic activity (see [13]). Fixed point theory and mnc have several applications in solving various types of differential and integral equations [4, 5]. The existence of solutions for the system of integral equations is studied by Aghajani et al. [6]. Mursaleen and Mohiuddin [7] proved the existence theorem for the infinite system of differential equations in the space p. Banas [8] studied the solution of nonlinear differential and integral equations. Arab et al. [9] proved the existence of functional integral equations using mnc. Also, Çakan [10] proved the existence of nonlinear integral equations in Banach spaces by using the technique of mnc. The notions of α-ψ and β-ψ condensing operators were recently developed in [11], and they were used to show some new fixed point results using the technique of measure of noncompactness.

Fractional calculus theory and applications grew rapidly in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and many contributors provided interpretations for fractional derivatives and integrals. Rezapour et al. [12] studied a fractional-order model for anthrax disease among animals based on the Caputo-Fabrizio derivative. The Erdélyl-Kober fractional integral is utilized in various areas of mathematics, including porous media and viscoelasticity [1315]. The study of fractional order integral equations has become necessary due to their importance. The Erdélyl-Kober fractional operator was studied by various researchers for differential and integral equations. Darwish [16] studied the existence of a solution for Erdélyl-Kober fractional Urysohn-Volterra quadratic integral equations. Mollapouras and Ostadi [17] investigated the existence and stability of the solution of the functional integral equations of fractional order arising in physics, mechanics, and chemical reactions. Mohammadi et al. [18] and Jleli et al. [19] have been generalized Darbo’s fixed point theorem with the help of a new type of contraction operator. Motivated by these, we have generalized Darbo’s fixed point theorem by using the (ψ, ϕ)-type contraction [20] whose extension is also generalized and established by Jleli et al. [19] and Mohammadi et al. [18] and applied it to the existence of solutions for the infinite system of fractional order integral equations in p(1 ≤ p<∞) space.

2. Preliminaries

We introduce notations, definitions, and introductory facts in this section, which will be used throughout the paper.

For bounded subset E of a metric space Y, Kuratowski [21] measure of noncompactness is defined as
(1)
where diam(Ek) denotes the diameter of a set EkY.
The Hausdorff (or ball) mnc for E is defined as follows:
(2)

Throughout this paper, we assumed that (,‖.‖) is a real Banach space and +≔[0, ∞). Let , we mark by and Conv the closure and the closed convex hull of , respectively. In addition, let denotes the family of nonempty bounded subset of and collection of all nonempty relatively compact subsets of .

Definition 1 (see [22].)A mapping is called the measure of noncompactness (mnc) in if

(A1). The family ker is nonempty and ker

(A2).

(A3).

(A4).

(A5). for 0 ≤ s ≤ 1

(A6). If , , and then is nonempty

In the Banach space , the Hausdorff mncχ is given by

(3)

Now, we will go over the following important theorems in fixed point theory that play a key role.

Theorem 2 (see [23], Schauder.)Suppose is a nonempty, bounded, convex, and closed subset of a Banach space . Then, each continuous, compact map has a fixed point.

The following theorem given by Darbo is a generalization of Theorem 2.

Theorem 3 (see [22], Darbo.)Suppose ζ be a nonempty, bounded, convex, and closed subset of a Banach space , and let is a continuous operator such that there exists a constant m ∈ [0, 1) with the property . Then, has a fixed point in the set ζ.

The Darbo fixed point theorem is more effective than the Schauder fixed point theorem. Because in the case of Darbo fixed point theorem, the compactness of the domain of the operator, which is essential in Schauder’s theorem, has been relaxed.

Jleli et al. obtained the following extension of the Darbo fixed point theorem.

Theorem 4 (see [19].)Suppose ζ is a nonempty, bounded, closed, and convex subset of a Banach space , and be continuous operator such that for every nonempty subset Ω of ζ,

(4)

where k ∈ (0, 1) and θΔ, Δ is the class of function θ : (0, ∞)⟶(1, ∞) satisfying the following condition:

For each {tn} ⊂ (0, ∞), .

Then, has at least one fixed point in ζ.

With a newly defined contraction operator, Mohammadi et al. have established the following generalization of Darbo’s fixed point theorem, which is also generalized the result of Wardowski’s F-contraction [24].

Theorem 5 (see [18].)Suppose ζ is a nonempty, bounded, convex, and closed subset of a Banach space , and be continuous mapping such that for every nonempty subset Ω of ζ,

(5)

where ν is the arbitrary mnc, τ is the arbitrary positive constant, , Γ be the set of function such that

(W1). is a strictly increasing and continuous function

(W2). , for each {tk} ⊂ +

Then, has at least one fixed point in ζ.

We also recall the concept of a coupled fixed point for a bivariate mapping and an important theorem on the construction of a measure of noncompactness on a finite product space.

Definition 6 (see [25].)An element (w1, w2) ∈ Z × Z is called a coupled fixed point of mapping if and .

Theorem 7 (see [26].)Let ν1, ν2, ⋯νk be mnc in Banach spaces respectively, and the function is a convex function and h(r1, r2, ⋯, rk) = 0 if and only if rj = 0 ∀  j = 1, 2, ⋯, k. Then,

(6)

is a mnc in where ωi is the natural projection of ω into

Now, we have the following example, which was described in [6], as a result of Theorem 7.

Example 1. Considering ν be a mnc on a Banach space , let G(w1, w2) = max{w1, w2} for any , as we can see that G is convex and G(w1, w2) = 0 if and only if w1 = w2 = 0; hence, all the conditions of Theorem 7 are satisfied. Therefore, defines a mnc in the space where Ei, i = 1, 2 denote the natural projection of E. Similarly, by letting G(w1, w2) = w1 + w2 for any , we have defines a mnc in the space where Ei, i = 1, 2 denote the natural projection of E.

In 2016, Liu et al. [20] introduced Φ, the set of function ϕ : ++ such that

1). ϕ is nondecreasing

2). if and only if , for each sequence {tk} ⊂ (0, ∞)

3). ϕ is continuous

Berinde [27] introduced the class of function known as comparison function. Let Ψ be the family of all function ψ : ++ satisfying the following conditions:

1). ψ is monotone increasing

2).

3. Main Result

Theorem 8. Suppose is a nonempty, bounded, convex, and closed subset of a Banach space , and be continuous mapping such that

(7)

for all subset Q of , where ϕΦ and ψΨ and ν is an arbitrary mnc. Then, has at least one fixed point.

Proof. By induction, we define a sequence by letting and k ≥ 1. We have , ; therefore, by continuing this process, we obtain

(8)

Let there exists an integer K ≥ 0 such that . So, is relatively compact and ; hence, Theorem 2 yields that has a fixed point. So we suppose that for k. By Equation (7), we have

(9)

Thus, we have

(10)

Letting k⟶∞ in (10) and applying (Ψ2), we have

(11)

By using (Φ2), we obtained

(12)

Since and for all k ≥ 1, then from (A6), is nonempty convex closed set, invariant under and belong to ker ν. Now, from Theorem 2, has a fixed point.

Remark 9. We can get the Darbo’s fixed point Theorem 3, if we take ψ(s) = λs, λ ∈ (0, 1), s > 0 and ϕ(s) = s : (0, ∞)⟶(0, ∞) in above theorem.

Remark 10. We get Theorem 4 if we take ψ(s) = λs, λ ∈ (0, 1), s > 0ϕ(s) = lnθ(s): (0, ∞)⟶(0, ∞) in Theorem 8.

Remark 11. We get Theorem 5 if we take ψ(s) = eτs, s, τ > 0 and in Theorem 8.

Theorem 12. Let be a nonempty, closed, and convex subset of a Banach space , and be continuous operator such that

(13)

for all subset ω1, ω2 of , where ν arbitrary mnc and ϕ and ψ are as in Theorem 8. Then, has at least a coupled fixed point.

Proof. From Example 1, we have defines a mnc in the space where ωi, i = 1, 2 denote the natural projection of ω. Now, consider defined by

(14)

which is clearly continuous. We show that satisfies all the conditions of Theorem 8. Let be nonempty subset. From Equation (13) we have

(15)

Therefore, all the conditions of Theorem 8 are satisfied. Hence, has a fixed point which implies that has a coupled fixed point.

4. Application

The fractional integral of a function hL1(a, b) (the space of Lebesgue measurable functions) of order γ with respect to monotone, continuous derivative function w is defined by [28]
(16)
Nieto and Samet [29] discussed the existence of solutions of the generalized implicit fractional integral equation
(17)

where and f : [a, ρ] × [a, ρ] × .

Also, the existence of a solution for an infinite system of implicit fractional integral equations in the Banach space c0 and 1 was studied by Das et al. [30].

Motivated by these, we discuss the existence of a solution for the infinite system of implicit fractional integral equations in the Banach space p, p ≥ 1.

Consider the following infinite system of fractional integral equations
(18)

where and

4.1. Existence of Solution on C([a, ρ], p)

Assume that

M.1. The functions are continuous and satisfy
(19)
for and αk, βk : [a, ρ]⟶+(k) are continuous functions. Also,
(20)

converge to zero for all s ∈ [a, ρ], where such that for all s ∈ [a, ρ], k

M.2. The functions fk : [a, ρ] × [a, ρ] × C([a, ρ], p)⟶(k) are continuous and there exists
(21)

where k. Also,

M.3. The function w : [a, ρ]⟶+ is in C1 and nondecreasing

M.4. Define an operator from [a, ρ] × C([a, ρ], p) × to C([a, ρ], p) as follows:
(22)
where
(23)
M.5. Let
(24)
Also,  ∀  s ∈ [a, ρ], is convergent and
(25)

Assume .

Theorem 13. Under the assumption (M.1)-(M.5), Equation (18) has at least one solution in C([a, ρ], p).

Proof. For any s ∈ [a, ρ],

(26)

Therefore,

(27)
implies
(28)

Hence,

Let us take an operator defined by

(29)

where .

Since for each s ∈ [a, ρ], we have by assumption (M.4) that

(30)

Hence, .

Let and ε > 0 with .

For s ∈ [a, ρ], and by using Hölder inequality with 1/p + 1/q = 1, we have

(31)

Since fk are continuous for all k ∈ , hence for , we have

(32)

Therefore,

(33)

Therefore, when ; hence, is continuous on .

Now,

(34)

Hence,

(35)

Let , so m ∈ (0, 1).

Therefore,

(36)

Thus, from assumption (M.5) and Remark 9, operator has at least one fixed point in . Hence, Equation (18) has a solution in C([a, ρ], p). This completes the proof.

4.2. Particular Cases

Consider the following infinite system of fractional integral equations involving the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral
(37)

where and

Taking w(s) = s in Theorem 13, we obtain the following existence result for the integral Equation (37).

Corollary 14. Under the assumption (M.1)-(M.5), Equation (37) has at least one solution in C([a, ρ], p).

Consider the following infinite system of fractional integral equation involving the Hadamard fractional integral
(38)

where and

Taking w(s) = ln s in Theorem 13, we obtain the following existence result for the integral Equation (38).

Corollary 15. Under the assumption (M.1)-(M.5), Equation (38) has at least one solution in C([a, ρ], p).

4.3. Numerical Example

The following example illustrates the result of Theorem 13

Example 2. Let us take the following infinite system of fractional integral equations:

(39)

where s ∈ [a, ρ] = [0, 1], k ∈ .

Here, and τ = 1 also take p = 2.

It is easy to see that is continuous for all k ∈ and

(40)

Here,

(41)

The function w(s) = s2 is in C1 and nondecreasing and fk are continuous  ∀  k ∈ and |fk(s, r, y(r))| = |sin(yk(r))/(k3 + r2)| ≤ 1/k3. So, and .

If yC([a, ρ], 2), then

(42)

Hence, (M.4) is satisfied. Thus, all conditions of Theorem 13 hold; therefore the system (39) has a solution y(s) = (yk(s)) in C([a, ρ], 2).

5. Conclusion

In this article, we established a generalization of Darbo’s fixed point theorem and applied it to the infinite system of fractional order integral equation by another function which is the generalization of many other fractional integrals.

The main contribution of this paper is that it extends the results of Jlei et al. and Mohammadi et al. to established a generalization of Darbo’s fixed point and applied it to investigate the existence of the solution of an infinite system of fractional integral equations in p, (1 ≤ p<∞), which is a more general space than 1.

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