In this paper, we consider Goursat boundary value problems for fuzzy delay fractional partial differential equations under Caputo gH-derivatives. Firstly, the unique solvability of the problems in finite domain is considered. Secondly, by restricting the force function and boundary conditions by exponential growth and using fixed point approach, the existence and the Ulam-Hyers stability of fuzzy mild solutions of the problem in infinite domain are investigated in two types with different geometric behaviors. It is necessary to implement that in many engineering applications, e.g. numerical solutions of a fuzzy dynamical system, the object of optimization problems or the trajectory of a economical dynamics etc., where finding the exact solution is more difficult than solving its approximate solutions, Ulam-Hyers stability is quite useful. Finally, as usual some examples are given to illustrate the obtained theoretical results.
Because of the fact that multi-variable functions are often faced simultaneously when observing phenomena, partial differential equations (PDEs) are ideal in dealing with real-life problems. One of the most well-known classes of PDEs are the Goursat problems. Goursat problems are used to describe physical situations involving exchange of heat or mass between a stationary medium and moving medium, which occurs in various fields of study such as in engineering, physics, and applied mathematics, see [12, 30].
It is well-known that, deterministic PDEs are not always the best option when dealing with real-life phenomena containing uncertainty. For example, when modelling certain dynamic phenomenon using PDEs, the model is not always precise. This is due to the incomplete knowledge or vague information on the dynamic system. For instance, the initial value may contain fuzziness or the parameters of equations are measured by devices inherited error. Moreover, in some control problems the value of parameters of systems are described in the set of linguistics terms. Hence, fuzzy differential equations and fuzzy partial differential equations appeared as the new and efficient tools to model many real world phenomena. Buckley and Feuring [10] first introduced fuzzy PDEs by incorporating PDEs and fuzzy set theory in one setting. This subject has soon become an active research directions promoted by Allahviranloo et. al. [8], Bertone et al [9], Gouyandeh et al. [11] and Long et al. [17–19], and Prakash et al [20].
Recently, PDEs of fractional order with delay appear frequently in applications such as mathematical models, control theory, climate models, etc. This subject has been studied extensively in the last decade, see [1–3]. Some scientists studied fuzzy framework corresponding to deterministic delay equations. However, most of these works are considered for the fuzzy delay ordinary differential equations, see for example [13–16, 32]. Some authors have been studied numerical methods and applied fuzzy fractional differential equations in real world problems, see [4–7, 21–24]. In addition, some researches on the Ulam stability for fuzzy differential equations are presented in [25–29]. When we fuzzify the models containing uncertain phenomena, which have lag time in the independent variables, it turns out that the research on fuzzy fractional PDEs with delay has not been investigated.
Motivated by this fact, in this paper, we consider for the first time Goursat boundary value problems for a fuzzy fractional hyperbolic equation under Caputo generalized Hukuhara derivatives reduced to the canonical forms. Two kinds of mild solutions of these problems are defined in sense of Caputo-gH differentiability. For each type of derivatives, we establish and investigate the existence and uniqueness of fuzzy mild solutions. The special of the problem is in the technique of calculating fractional integral in fuzzy sense. We have mutated fractional hyberbolic equation into systems of integral equations corresponding to two general types of gH-derivatives. In addition, finite delays occurring in the problem are also processed through the construction of appropriate metrics (section 3). Finally, based on idea of fixed point theorem, we will discuss the Ulam-Hyers stability in Theorems 4.1 of Section 4. Some application examples are given in Section 5.
Preliminaries
Denote by the set of fuzzy numbers . The κ-level sets, denoted by , of a fuzzy number v is defined by if 0 < κ ≤ 1 and if κ = 0 .
Supremum metric on is defined by
Then, is a complete metric space.
For , we denote h = f ⊖ g, the Hukuhara difference of f and g, if such that f = g + h. And we denote by fcircleddashgHg, the gH-difference of f and g, if there exists such that f = g + h or g = f + (-1) ⊙ h.
Definition 2.1. Suppose that and are metric spaces of fuzzy numbers or fuzzy-valued functions. A function is continuous at if for every ε > 0 there exists an δ > 0 such that for all we have The set of all continuous functions is denoted by .
Definition 2.2. [17] A mapping is called gH-differentiable with respect to (w.r.t.) x at (x0, y0) ∈ J if for all h be such that (x0 + h, y0) ∈ J, the gH-difference f (x0 + h, y0) circleddashgHf (x0, y0) exists and
exists and equal to
Similar to the gH-derivative of f w.r.t. y and higher order derivatives. The set of all gH-differentiable functions up to order i w.r.t. x and up to order j w.r.t. y in J is denoted by (i, j = 0, 1).
Definition 2.3. [18] Assume that f is called (i)-gH differentiable w.r.t. x at (x0, y0) ∈ J if
and f is called (ii)-gH differentiable w.r.t. x at (x0, y0) ∈ I if
where , κ ∈ [0, 1], (x, y) ∈ J.
Denote
- by the set containing all functions which satisfy
1) w is (i) gH-differentiable w.r.t. x and wx is (i) gH-differentiable w.r.t. y, or
2) w is (ii) gH-differentiable w.r.t. x and wx is (ii) gH-differentiable w.r.t. y,
- by the set of all functions which satisfy
1) w is (i) gH-differentiable w.r.t. x and wx is (ii) gH-differentiable w.r.t. y, or
2) w is (ii) gH-differentiable w.r.t. x and wx is (i) gH-differentiable w.r.t. y.
If then the mixed second order gH-derivative of w w.r.t. x and y, , is defined by its levelsetwise
If then the mixed second order gH-derivative of w w.r.t. x and y, , is defined by its levelsetwise
Definition 2.4. [18] Let p = (p1, p2) ∈ (0, 1] × (0, 1] and . The mixed Riemann - Liouville fractional integral of order p for w is defined by its levelsetwise
where
is the mixed Riemann - Liouville fractional integral notion of order p for a real-valued function h (x, y) provided that the right hand side does exist. Then we denote
for (x, y) ∈ J.
Definition 2.5. [18] Let q = (q1, q2) ∈ [0, 1) × [0, 1), , k ∈ {1, 2}. The Caputo gH-derivatives of order q of w are defined by
where 1 - q = (1 - q1, 1 - q2) ∈ (0, 1] × (0, 1], provided that the fractional integrals in the right hand side exist.
The solvability of Goursat problems
Fuzzy fractional functional hyperbolic equations in finite domain
Statement of the problem
Denote by Jr = [- r, a] × [- r, b], P = [- r, 0] × [- r, 0] and . In this section we investigate the existence and uniqueness for following Goursat problem
with initial conditions
where is given function with no switching point; , and are given functions satisfing and w(x,y) (s, t) = w (x + s, y + t) , (s, t) ∈ P is the time lag represents the history of the state from time (x - r, y - r) up to the present time (x, y).
For convenience in presentation, we denote
The solvability of the problem
For σ > 0 we consider
and the supremum weighted metric on is
Then is a complete metric space.
Lemma 3.1.Suppose thatandsatisfisfying Problem (3.1)-(3.2). Then, w satisfies eitheror
Proof. With , we denote
then is a metric on From the definition of Caputo gH-derivatives of w, by taking integral order q two sides of (3.1) and using property (see in Proposition 3.1 [18]), we have
If then
for the case w and are both (i)- gH differentiable and
for the case w and are both (ii)- gH differentiable.
From (3.5) and is (i)-gH differentiable w.r.t. y, one gets
Therefore
for all (x, y) ∈ J0.
From (3.6) and is (ii)-gH differentiable w.r.t. y, we have
This implies w(x,y)) + w (0, y) ⊖ w (x, y) . Thus we obtain (3.3) again.
If then by using similar arguments, we have
Suppose that is (ii)-gH differentiable w.r.t. y, we obtain This follows
Therefore
The case when w is (ii)-gH differentiable w.r.t. x and is (i)-gH differentiable w.r.t. y, by doing similarly obtain the desired results. □
From Lemma 3.1.2, mild solutions of the Problem (3.1)-(3.2) are defined as follows.
Definition 3.1. A function is called 1) a mild solution in type 1 of the Problem (3.1)-(3.2) if and it satisfies integral equation (3.4) for all (x, y) ∈ J0,
2) a mild solution in type 2 of the Problem (3.1)-(3.2) if and it satisfies integral equation (3.4) for all (x, y) ∈ J0.
Theorem 3.1.Suppose thatsatifies Lipschitz condition w.r.t. third variable and Lipschitz coefficientL ∈ (0, Γ (q1 + 1) Γ (q2 + 1)), i.e.for all. Then problem (3.1)-(3.2) has only one solution in type 1.
Proof. The mild solution in type 1 of the Problem (3.1)-(3.2) (if it exists) is the fixed point of the operation , which is definied by
To prove the existence of the solution of the problem, we will prove that N1 (x, y) is a contraction mapping.
For , from Lipschitz condition we have
From Remark 2.2 and Lemma 2.3 in [17], we can see where G (σ, q) is defined small when σ is big enough. Then for σ big enough, we receive
Multiplying both with e-σ(x+y) then taking supremum, we have
When d∞ (N1 (w (x, y)) , N1 (v (x, y))) =0. Therefore
for every (x, y) ∈ Jr. Since , N1 is a contraction mapping. According to the Banach fixed point theorem, N1 has only one fixed point. And this is a mild solution in type 1 of Problem (3.1) - (3.2). □
To study the existence of solution in type 2 of this problem, we set
Theorem 3.2.Suppose that satifies Lipschitz condition with Lipschitz coefficient L ∈ (0, Γ (q1 + 1) Γ (q2 + 1)) and then Problem (3.1)-(3.2) has a unique mild solution in type 2.
Proof. We consider the operator N2 denified by
Apply inequality d∞ (w ⊖ v, w ⊖ e) = d∞ (w, w) +d∞ (v, e) with u, v, w, e are fuzzy numbers, we have
Similar to the proof of Theorem 3.1.2, we will also point out that
with each (x, y) ∈ Jr. Since , N2 is a contraction mapping. According to the Banach fixed point theorem, N2 has only one fixed point. And this is a mild solution type in type 2 of Problem (3.1)-(3.2). □
Fuzzy fractional functional hyperbolic equations in infinite domain
Denote by and . In this part, we will study the existence of the solution of the Problem (3.1)-(3.2) in infinite domain with the boundary conditions
For σ > 0,we denote and
Then is also a complete metric space.
We consider Problem (3.1)-(3.11) under the following assumptions
(H1) satisfies the Lipschitz condition with L ∈ (0, Γ (q1 + 1) Γ (q2 + 1))
for all . (H2) for all , where M1, c1 are positive real numbers. (H3) , where Mi and ci (i = 2, 3) are positive real numbers, for all x ∈ [0, ∞), y ∈ [0, ∞).
Lemma 3.2.Assume that (H1) and (H2) hold for all. Then for all, we have
Proof. For all , we have
Applying hypothesis (H2) and Lemma 2.3 ([17]), one has
It implies from hypothesis (H1) that
With there exists a positive number ρ satisfying
Therefore,
This implies
From (3.15)-(3.16), we recieve (3.13). It ends the proof. □
Lemma 3.3.Assume that (H1) , (H2) and (H3) hold for all . Then for all where the operator N3 (w (x, y)) is denified by
Proof.
From Lemma 3.2, we have
This implies
We have
Choosing σ > max {c1, c2, c3}, it leads to
From (3.16)-(3.17), we can see that
It is obvious that if N3 (w (x, y)) = φ (x, y) then Therefore N3 (w (x, y)) for every . □
Lemma 3.4.If F satisfies the conditions (H1) - (H2) - (H3) then we havefor all.
Proof. It follows from (H1) that
In another way
This implies
On the other hand,
From (3.18)-(3.19), we have
for all □
Theorem 3.3.Suppose that the assumptions (H1) - (H3) are satisfied. Then Problem (3.1)-(3.11) has a unique mild solution in type 1.
Proof. From Lemma 3.2, N3 is well-defined on . Moreover, with , we have
Applying Lemma 3.4, we have
Therefore,
It leads to With , d∞ (N3 (w(x,y)) , N3 (v(x,y))) =0. Thus, for each , we get
Because , N3 (w (x, y)) is a contraction mapping. Consequently, N3 (w (x, y)) has a unique fixed point which is the mild solution in type 1 of Problem (3.1)-(3.11). □
Theorem 3.4.Suppose that all asummptions (H1) - (H2) - (H3) are fulfilled. Futhermore,
Then Problem (3.1)-(3.11) has a unique mild solution in type 2.
Proof. We consider the operator
Using the similar method in the proof of Theorem 3.2, we prove that N4 is a contraction mapping from to , which has an unique fixed point. That is the mild solution in type 2 of the problem. □
Ulam-Hyers stability
Definition 4.1.A solution of following in equation
is a function , which satisfies
whereandfor all
Lemma 4.1.
For k = 1, if g is a solution of (4.20), then it satisfiesfor all.
For k = 2, if g is a solution of (4.20), then it satisfiesfor all.
Proof. Suppose that g is a solution of (4.20), then there exists a function such that
By doing the same arguments in the Proof of Lemma 3.1, we have
or with (k = 2)
From (4.23), we have
From (4.24), one gets
It completes the proof. □
Definition 4.2.
1) Mapping satisfying (4.21) is called a mild solution in type 1 of in equation (4.20) with k = 1.
2) Mapping satisfying (4.22) is called a mild solution in type 2 of in equation (4.20) with k = 2.
Definition 4.3. If there exists such that for arbitrary ε > 0, for each mild solution g in type k of in equation (4.20), there exists a mild solution w in type k of equation (3.1) with initial conditions
such that
then problem (3.1)-(3.11) is called Ulam-Hyers stable in type k (k = 1, 2).
Denote T [g] (x, y) = g (x, 0) + g (0, y) ⊖ g (0, 0) and
Theorem 4.1.Assume that hypotheses (H1) - (H3) are satisfied. Then problem (3.1)-(3.11) is Ulam-Hyers stable in type 1. In addition, assume that for each mild solution g in type 2 of inequation (4.20)then problem (3.1)-(3.11) is Ulam-Hyers stable in type 2.
Proof. For arbitrary ε > 0, suppose that is a mild solution in type 1 of the inequation (4.20). By Theorem 3.1, we can see that problem (3.1)-(4.25) has a unique mild solution in type 1 satisfying
where
Then we have
We have
From Lemma 3.4, we receive
Multiplying both sides with e-σ(x+y) then taking supremum we obtain
It leads to
Because , we can see that Then Therefore, equation (3.1) is Ulam-Hyers stable in type 1. □
Application examples
Example 5.1. We consider the the following model
in [0, 2] × [0, 2] with the conditions
Suppose that K is a triangular fuzzy number with [K] κ = [κ, 1 - κ] , κ ∈ [0, 1] . For , if we choose σ > max {c1, c2, c3} =1 then all the conditions of Theorem 3.1 are satisfied. By applying the Theorem 3.1, the problem (5.26)-(5.27) has a mild solution in type 1 and it is generalized Ulam-Hyer stable. Indeed, we can check that
is a mild solution in type 1 of the problem in [-1, 2] × [-1, 2] .
Example 5.2. We consider the the following model
on the domain (x, y) ∈ [0, ∞) × [0, ∞) with the conditions
[K] κ = [κ, 1 - κ] , κ ∈ [0, 1] is a triangular fuzzy number.
It is easy to see that satisfies Lipschitz condition with Lipschitz constant is , since
From the following estimation
we implies that the condition (H3) is satisfied with By doing the same arguments we have
Thus (H2) - (H3) are satisfied with If we choose σ > max {c1, c2, c3} =1 then all the conditions of Theorem 3.3 are satisfied. We can see that , then by applying the Theorem 3.1 and Theorem 4.1, the problem (5.28)-(5.29) has a mild solution in type 1. It is easy to see that for (x, y) ∈ [0, ∞) × [0, ∞) and w (x, y) = K (sin x + sin y) for (x, y) ∈ [-1, ∞) × [-1, ∞) ∖ [0, ∞) × [0, ∞) is a mild solution in type 1 of the problem and the problem is Ulam-Hyer stable.
Example 5.3. Consider following model with Caputo-gH derivatives in type 2
on the domain (x, y) ∈ [0, ∞) × [0, ∞) with the conditions
where [K] κ = [κ, 1 - κ] , κ ∈ [0, 1] .
We can see that satisfies Lipschitz condition with Lipschitz constant is and
Therefore (H1) - (H3) are satisfied with Applying the Theorem 3.2 and Theorem 4.1, the problem (5.30)-(5.31) has a mild solution in type 2 and it is generalized Ulam-Hyer stable. We can see that
is a mild solution in type 2 of the problem.
Conclusions
The existence and uniqueness of mild solutions for a class of fuzzy partial differential equations with delays in finite and infinite domains are considered. The obtained results are gained by fixed point approach in the weighted metric space. Moreover, we have also investigated the Ulam-Hyers stability of problems. It is worth to mention that the Ulam stability can be used instead of Lyapunov stability in some control problems and it is quite useful in many applied problems where finding the exact solution is more difficult than solving its approximate solutions.
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Editor-in-chiefs Prof. Langari; Associate editor Prof. Allahviranloo; the anonymous referees for their helpful comments and valuable suggestions, which have greatly improved the paper.
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