<abstract> This paper is concerned with the existence of mild solutions as well as approximate controllability for Hilfer fractional evolution equations in Banach spaces. Firstly, we give an appropriate definition of mild solutions for this type of fractional equations. The definition of mild solutions for studied problem was given based on a cosine family generated by the operator <italic>A</italic> and probability density function. Secondly, we discuss the existence results of the mild solutions for our concerned problem under the case sine family is compact. Moreover, we establish the approximate controllability when the corresponding linear system is approximately controllable. At last, as an application, two examples are presented to illustrate the abstract results. </abstract>
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