Raising the regularity of generalized Abel equations in fractional Sobolev spaces with homogeneous boundary conditions

The generalized (or coupled) Abel equations on the bounded interval have been well investigated in H$\ddot{\text{o}}$lderian spaces that admit integrable singularities at the endpoints and relatively inadequate in other functional spaces. In recent years, such operators have appeared in BVPs of fractional-order differential equations such as fractional diffusion equations that are usually studied in the frame of fractional Sobolev spaces for weak solution and numerical approximation; and their analysis plays the key role during the process of converting weak solutions to the true solutions. This article develops the mapping properties of generalized Abel operators $\alpha {}_a{D}_x^{-s}+\beta {}_x{D}_b^{-s}$ in fractional Sobolev spaces, where $0<\alpha ,\beta$, $\alpha +\beta =1$, $0<s<1$ and ${}_a{D}_x^{-s}$, ${}_x{D}_b^{-s}$ are fractional Riemann-Liouville integrals. It is mainly concerned with the regularity property of $(\alpha {_aD_x^{-s}}+\beta {_xD_b^{-s}})u=f$ by taking into account homogeneous boundary conditions. Namely, we investigate the regularity behavior of $u(x)$ while letting $f(x)$ become smoother and imposing homogeneous boundary restrictions $u(a)=u(b)=0$.