title: Multiple positive solutions to a coupled systems of nonlinear fractional differential equations.
abstract: In this article, we study existence, uniqueness and nonexistence of positive solution to a highly nonlinear coupled system of fractional order differential equations. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of positive solution are developed by using Perov's fixed point theorem for the considered problem. Further, we also established sufficient conditions for existence of multiplicity results for positive solutions. Also, we developed some conditions under which the considered coupled system of fractional order differential equations has no positive solution. Appropriate examples are also provided which demonstrate our results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Malakand, Dir(L), Chakdara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8851-4844
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Malakand, Dir(L), Chakdara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rahmat Ali
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Khan
keywords: Boundary condition; Contractions mapping; Coupled system; Fractional differential equations; Generalized metric space