A discrete fractional Gronwall inequality

Ferreira, Rui

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11533-3

A discrete fractional Gronwall inequality
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by Rui A. C. Ferreira

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (2012), 1605-1612

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11533-3

Published electronically: January 9, 2012

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Abstract:

In this work we derive a Gronwall type inequality within the discrete fractional setting. Our results constitute generalizations on the inequalities of discrete calculus.

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