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This paper is concerned with the existence of mild solutions for a class of fractional semilinear integro-differential equations having non-instantaneous impulses. The result is obtained by using noncompact semigroup theory and fixed point theorem. The obtained result is illustrated by an example at the end.

The objective of this paper is to study the existence of mild solutions to the following abstract integro-differential equations of fractional order with non-instantaneous impulses and nonlocal conditions in a Banach space X:

(1.1)

where cDq is the Caputo fractional derivative of order q(0<q<1),A:D(A)XX is closed linear operator, A is the infinitesimal generator of an equicontinuous and uniformly bounded C0 semigroup T(t)(t0) on X,J=[0,a],a>0 is a constant, 0<t1<t2<<tm<tm+1:=a,s0:=0 and sk(tk,tk+1) for each k=1,2,,m,f:J×X×XX,g:PC(J,X)X are given functions satisfying certain assumptions, γk:(tk,sk]×XX are non-instantaneous impulsive functions for all k=1,2,,m and KC(D,+) where D:={(t,s):0s<ta} and u0X.

In the past decades, many researchers paid attention to study the differential equations with instantaneous impulses, which have been used to describe abrupt changes such as shocks, harvesting and natural disasters. Particularly, the theory of instantaneous impulsive equations have wide applications in control, mechanics, electrical engineering, biological and medical fields. For more details on the differential equations with instantaneous impulses one may see [2,4,7,14,15].

It seems that models with instantaneous impulses could not explain the certain dynamics of evolution process in pharmacotherapy. For example, one considers the hemodynamic equilibrium of a person, the introduction of the drugs in bloodstream and the consequent absorption for the body are gradual and continuous process. Hernández and O’Regan [12] and Pierri et al. [18], initially studied Cauchy problems for first order evolution equations with non-instantaneous impulses. The recent results for evolution equations with non-instantaneous impulses can be found in [1,8,13,19–21] and the references therein.

The nonlocal problem was motivated by physical problems. Indeed it is demonstrated that the nonlocal problems have better effects in applications than the classical Cauchy problems. For example it is used to represent mathematical models for evolution of various phenomena such as nonlocal neutral networks, nonlocal pharmacokinetics, nonlocal pollution and nonlocal combustion (see [16]). The existence results to evolution equations with nonlocal conditions in Banach space were first studied by Byszewski [6]. Deng [9] used the nonlocal condition to describe the diffusion phenomenon of a small amount of gas in a transparent tube.

To the best of our knowledge, there is no work yet reported on fractional non-instantaneous impulsive integro-differential equations with nonlocal conditions (1.1) when the corresponding semigroup T(t)(t0) is noncompact. Therefore inspired by the previous works, we will study the existence of PC-mild solutions for (1.1) under the assumption that the corresponding C0 semigroup is noncompact, by using the properties of Kuratowski measure of noncompactness, and ρ-set contraction mapping fixed point theorem (see Lemma 2.10). We conclude this section by summarizing the contents of this paper. In the next section, we will introduce some basic definitions, notations and preliminary lemmas. In Section 3, we will prove existence of mild solutions for the problem (1.1) also we will give an example to illustrate the feasibility of our abstract result.

Let X be a Banach space with norm ·, we use θ to denote the zero function in PC(J,X) and J=[0,a] for any constant a>0. Let C(J,X) be a Banach space of all continuous functions from J into X endowed with supremum norm uC=suptJu(t). Consider the space PC(J,X)={u:JX:uis continuous at ttk,u(tk)=u(tk)and u(tk+)exists for all k=1,2,.m}, which is a Banach space endowed with supremum norm uPC=suptJu(t). For each finite constant r>0, let Ωr={uPC(J,X):u(t)r,tJ}. Let Lp(J,X)(1p<) be the Banach space of all X-valued Bochner integrable functions defined on J with norm uLp(J,X)=(0au(t)pdt)1p. Denote Gu(t):=0tK(t,s)u(s)ds, and let G=suptJ0tK(t,s)ds<. Let M=suptJT(t)L(X), where L(X) stands for the Banach space of all linear and bounded operators on X, note that M1. A C0-semigroup T(t)(t0) is called equicontinuous if the operator T(t) is continuous by the operator norm for every t>0.

Lemma 2.1

([10]). Ifhsatisfies a uniform Hölder continuity with exponentβ(0,1], then the unique solution of the following linear Cauchy problem:

(2.1)

is given by

(2.2)

where

(2.3)
(2.4)

ζq(θ)is a probability density function defined on(0,).

Remark 2.2.

ζq(θ)0,θ(0,),0ζq(θ)dθ=1,0θζq(θ)dθ=1Γ(1+q).

Lemma 2.3

([22]). The operatorsU(t)(t0)andV(t)(t0)have the following properties:

  • For any fixedt0,U(t)andV(t)are strongly continuous.

  • For any fixedt0,U(t)andV(t)are linear bounded operators, moreover for anyuX,

  • IfT(t)(t0)is an equicontinuous semigroup, thenU(t)andV(t)are continuous fort>0by the operator norm, which means that for0<t<ta, we have

Definition 2.4

([13]). A function uPC(J,X) is said to be a mild solution of the problem (1.1) if u(0)=u0g(u), u(t)=γk(t,u(t)) for all tk=1m(tk,sk], and

Now, we recall some properties of measure of noncompactness which are useful to prove our main result. For the details about measure of noncompactness, one may see [3,11]. Let α(·) denotes the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness of the bounded set.

Lemma 2.5

([3]). LetXbe a Banach space, andUC(J,X),U(t)={u(t):uU}(tJ). IfUis bounded and equicontinuous inC(J,X), thenα(U(t))is continuous onJ, andα(U)=maxtJα(U(t)).

Lemma 2.6

([11]). IfXbe a Banach space andD={un}n=1PC(J,X)be a bounded and countable set, thenα(D(t))is Lebesgue integrable onJ, and

Lemma 2.7

([5]). LetXbe a Banach space andUis bounded subset ofX, then there exists a countable setD={un}n=1Usuch thatα(U)2α(D).

Lemma 2.8

([3]). LetXandEbe Banach spaces andQ:D(Q)EXis Lipschitz continuous with constantL, thenα(Q(V))Lα(V)for any bounded subsetVD(Q).

Definition 2.9

([8]). Let X be a Banach space, and S be a nonempty subset of X. A continuous map Q:SX is called ρ-set contractive if there exists a constant ρ[0,1) such that for every bounded set ΩS,

Lemma 2.10

([8]). LetXbe a Banach space,ΩXbe a closed bounded and convex subset, and the operatorQ:ΩΩisρ-set contractive, thenQhas at least one fixed point inΩ.

In this section, we will discuss the existence of mild solutions for the system (1.1), then we will present an example to illustrate our proved result. Let us introduce the required assumptions which are needed to prove our main result:

(H1)

For each tJ, the function f(t,,):X×XX is continuous and for all (x,y)X×X, the function f(,x,y):JX is Lebesgue measurable.

(H2)

There exist a continuous nondecreasing function ψ:[0,)(0,), a constant q1(0,q), and a function φL1q1(J,+) such that

(H3)

g:PC(J,X)X is continuous and there exists a constant α>0 such that

(H4)

γk:[tk,sk]×XX are continuous and there exist constants Kγk>0,k=1,2,,m such that

(H5)

There exist positive constants Lk and Nk,k=0,1,2,,m such that for any countable sets D1,D2X,

Let us denote:

(3.1)
Theorem 3.1.

Assume that the semigroupT(t)(t0)generated byAis equicontinuous, the functionsg(θ)andγk(·,θ)are bounded fork=1,2,,m, and the assumptions (H1) (H5) are satisfied, then the system(1.1)has at least onePC- mild solution provided that

(3.2)

whereΛ1=M(α+K)andΛ2=M(K+4LΓ(q+1)).

Proof.

Define the operator F:PC(J,X)PC(J,X) as

(3.3)

where

(3.4)
(3.5)

It is easy to see that F is well defined. From Definition 2.4, one can easily see that the PC-mild solution of the system (1.1) is equivalent to a fixed point of the operator F defined by (3.3). Now, we will prove that the operator F has a fixed point.

Let uΩR for some R>0, q2=q11q1(1,0) and M1=ψ(R)φL1q1(J,R+), by using Hölder inequality and (H2), we obtain

(3.6)

Now, we divide the proof into the following steps:

Step I:

We prove that there exists a constant R>0 such that F(ΩR)ΩR.

If this is not true, then for each r>0, there will exist urΩr and trJ such that (Fur(tr))>r. If tr[0,t1], then by (3.3), (3.6), and (H3) we have

(3.7)

If tr(tk,sk],k=1,2,,m, then by (3.4) and (H4), we obtain

(3.8)

where β=maxk=1,2,,m{suptJγk(t,θ)}. If tr(sk,tk+1],k=1,2,,m, then by (3.3), (3.6), and (H4) we have

(3.9)

Combining (3.7)–(3.9) with the fact r<(Fur)(tr), we obtain

(3.10)

Dividing both sides of (3.10) by r and taking limit as r, we have

(3.11)

which contradicts (3.2).

Step II:

We prove that the operator F1:ΩRΩR is Lipschitz continuous.

For t[0,t1] and u,vΩR, using (3.4) and (H3) we have

(3.12)

For t(tk,sk],k=1,2,,m and u,vΩR, by (3.4) and the assumption (H4), we obtain

(3.13)

For t(sk,tk+1],k=1,2,,m and u,vΩR, using (H4), we have

(3.14)

From (3.12)–(3.14), we obtain

(3.15)

where K:=m{K,α}.

Step III:

In this step, we prove that F2 is continuous on ΩR.

Let {un} be a sequence in ΩR such that limnun=u in ΩR. By the continuity of nonlinear term f with respect to second and third variables, for each sJ, we have

(3.16)

So, we can conclude that

(3.17)

For s[sk,t] and t(sk,tk+1],k=0,1,2,,m, by (3.16) and (3.17), we obtain

(3.18)
(3.19)

Hence,

(3.20)

which means that F2 is continuous on ΩR.

Step IV:

Now, we show F2:ΩRΩR is equicontinuous.

For any uΩR and skt<ttk+1 for k=0,1,2,,m, we have

where,

Now, we only need to check that I1,I2 and I3 tend to 0 independently of uΩR when tt. By (3.6), we have

For I2, by (H2), Lemma 2.3, Hölder inequality, and [22], we get that

For t=sk, it is easy to see that I3=0. For t>sk and ϵ>0 small enough, by (H2), Lemma 2.3, and the equicontinuity of T(t) , we estimate

As a result, (F2u)(t)(F2u)(t)0 independently of uΩR as tt, which means that F2:ΩRΩR is equicontinuous.

Step V:

We show that F:ΩRΩR is a ρ-set contractive map.

For any bounded set DΩR, by Lemma 2.7, we know that there exists a countable set D0={un}D such that

(3.21)

Since F2(D0)F2(ΩR) is bounded and equicontinuous, by Lemma 2.5, we get

(3.22)

For every t[sk,tk+1],k=0,1,2,,m, by Lemma 2.6, the assumption (H5) and (3.1), we have

(3.23)

Meanwhile, we have

(3.24)

Therefore,

(3.25)

From (3.21) and (3.25), we obtain

(3.26)

From (3.15) and Lemma 2.8, we know that for any bounded set DΩR,

(3.27)

Therefore, by (3.26) and (3.27), we obtain

(3.28)

Now combining (3.28) with (3.2) and Definition 2.9, we get that F:ΩRΩR is a ρ-set-contractive map with ρ=Λ2. Hence Lemma 2.10 implies that F has at least one fixed point uΩR, which is a PC-mild solution of (1.1). □

Next, we present an example to illustrate our main result.

Example.

Consider the following fractional partial differential system with non-instantaneous impulses and nonlocal conditions:

(3.29)

Let X=L2[0,1] and Au=u with D(A)={uX:u,uare absolutely continuous anduX,u(0)=u(1)=0}. It is well known by [17], that A generates an equicontinuous C0-semigroup T(t)(t0) on X, and T(t)1, for any t0. Let a=t2=1,t0=s0=0,t1=13,s1=23. By putting

the parabolic partial differential equation (3.29) can be rewritten into the abstract form of (1.1) for m=1. It is easy to verify that the assumptions (H1)–(H5) and condition (3.2) hold with

Therefore, Theorem 3.1 is applicable, so the system (3.29) has at least one PC-mild solution.

The authors would like to express thanks to the editor and referees for their careful reading of the manuscript and valuable comments. The work of first author is supported by the “Ministry of Human Resource Development, India under Grant Number: MHR-01-23-200-428”. The publisher wishes to inform readers that the article “Existence of mild solutions for fractional non-instantaneous impulsive integro-differential equations with nonlocal conditions” was originally published by the previous publisher of the Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences and the pagination of this article has been subsequently changed. There has been no change to the content of the article. This change was necessary for the journal to transition from the previous publisher to the new one. The publisher sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused. To access and cite this article, please use Meraj, A., Pandey, D.N. (2018), “Existence of mild solutions for fractional non-instantaneous impulsive integro-differential equations with nonlocal conditions”, Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 26 No. 1/2, pp. 3-13. The original publication date for this paper was 27/11/2018.

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