Studying discrete dynamical systems through differential equations

In this paper we consider dynamical systems generated by a diffeomorphism F defined on U an open subset of Rn, and give conditions over F which imply that their dynamics can be understood by studying the flow of an associated differential equation, , also defined on U. In particular the case where F has n−1 functionally independent first integrals is considered. In this case X is constructed by imposing that it shares with F the same set of first integrals and that the functional equation μ(F(x))=det(DF(x))μ(x), x∈U, has some non-zero solution, μ. Several examples for n=2,3 are presented, most of them coming from several well-known difference equations.