By using the coincidence degree theory, we study the existence of solutions for a coupled system of fractional differential equations with periodic boundary conditions. A new result on the existence of solutions of the indicated fractional boundary-value problem is obtained.
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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 65, No. 11, pp. 1463–1475, November, 2013.
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Hu, Z., Liu, W. Solvability of a Coupled System of Fractional Differential Equations with Periodic Boundary Conditions at Resonance. Ukr Math J 65, 1619–1633 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-014-0884-0
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