On the Diophantine equation $$X^{2N}+2^{2\alpha }5^{2\beta }{p}^{2\gamma } = Z^5$$

We prove that for each prime p, positive integer \(\alpha \), and non-negative integers \(\beta \) and \(\gamma \), the Diophantine equation \(X^{2N} + 2^{2\alpha }5^{2\beta }{p}^{2\gamma } = Z^5\) has no solution with N, X, \(Z\in \mathbb {Z}^+\), \(N > 1\), and \(\gcd (X,Z) = 1\).     

Dynamics of the max-type difference equation x_{n}=\max\{\frac{ 1}{ x_{n-m}} , \frac{A_{n} }{x_{n-r} }\}

In this paper, we study the periodicity, the boundedness and the convergence of the following max-type difference equation $$x_n =\max\biggl\{\frac{ 1}{ x_{n-m}} , \frac{A_n }{x_{n-r} }\biggr \},\quad n =0, 1,2,\ldots,$$ where $\{A_{n}\}^{+\infty}_{n=0}$ is a periodic sequence with period k and A _n ??(0,1) for every n??0, m??{1,2} and r??{2,3,??} with m<r, the initial values x _?r ,??,x _?1??(0,+??). The special case when $m = 1, r = 2, \{A_{n}\}^{+\infty}_{ n=0}$ is a periodic sequence with period k and A _n ??(0,1) for every n??0 has been completely investigated by Y.?Chen. Here we extend his results to the general case.     

On the continued fraction \frac{1 |}{| z } +\frac{1 |}{| 1 } + \frac{2 |}{| z } +\frac{3 |}{| 1 } + \frac{4 |}{| z} + \cdots

The article on hand deals with the continued fraction $$\frac{1 |}{| z } +\frac{1 |}{| 1 } + \frac{2 |}{| z } +\frac{3 |}{| 1 } + \frac{4 |}{| z} + \cdots.$$ The famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has given a pre-presentation by a power series, but he however concealed a proof. Subsequently a proof has been established, but a direct verification is intricate. Here we give a quick and direct approach with comparitively little effort.     

On the rational recursive sequencex_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha x_n + \beta x_{n - 1} + \gamma x_{n - 2} + \delta x_{n - 3} }}{{Ax_n + Bx_{n - 1} + Cx_{n - 2} + Dx_{n - 3} }}

The main objective of this paper is to study the boundedness character, the periodic character and the global stability of the positive solutions of the following difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha x_n + \beta x_{n - 1} + \gamma x_{n - 2} + \delta x_{n - 3} }}{{Ax_n + Bx_{n - 1} + Cx_{n - 2} + Dx_{n - 3} }},n = 0,1,2.....$ where the coefficientsA, B, C, D, α, β, γ, δ, and the initial conditionsx _-3,x _-2,x _-1,x ₀ are arbitrary positive real numbers.     

Global asymptotic stability of the higher order equation $$x_{n+1} = \frac{ ax_{n}+bx_{n-k}}{A+Bx_{n-k}}$$

In this paper, we investigate the local and global stability and the period two solutions of all nonnegative solutions of the difference equation,

$$\begin{aligned} x_{n+1} = \frac{ ax_{n}+bx_{n-k}}{A+Bx_{n-k}} \end{aligned}$$

where a, b, A, B are all positive real numbers, \(k \ge 1\) is a positive integer, and the initial conditions \(x_{-k},x_{-k+1},...,x_{0}\) are nonnegative real numbers. It is shown that the zero equilibrium point is globally asymptotically stable under the condition \(a+b \le A\), and the unique positive solution is also globally asymptotically stable under the condition \(a-b \le A \le a+b\). By the end, we study the global stability of such an equation through numerically solved examples.

     

On the Exponential Diophantine Equation $$(a^{n}-2)(b^{n}-2)=x^{2}$$

Mathematical Notes - In this paper, we deal with the equation $$(a^{n}-2)(b^{n}-2)=x^{2}$$ , $$2\leq a3$$ is odd and $$P_{k},Q_{k}$$ are the Pell and Pell Lucas numbers, respectively. We also...     

On the difference equationx_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - 1}^p }}

We study, firstly, the dynamics of the difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - 1}^p }}$ , withp ∈ (0,1) and α∈ [0, ∞). Then, we generalize our results to the (k + 1)th order difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - k}^p }}$ ,k = 2, 3,... with positive initial conditions.     

On the recursive sequencex_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_{n - 1}^p }}{{x_n^p }}

The boundedness, global attractivity, oscillatory and asymptotic periodicity of the positive solutions of the difference equation of the form $$x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_{n - 1}^p }}{{x_n^p }}, n = 0,1,...$$ is investigated, where all the coefficients are nonnegative real numbers.     

On Graphs Whose Spectral Radius is Bounded by \frac{3}{2}\sqrt{2}

The structure of graphs whose largest eigenvalue is bounded by (≈2.1312) is investigated. In particular, such a graph can have at most one circuit, and has a natural quipu structure.     

On the difference equation y_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha + y_n^p }} {{\beta y_{n - 1}^p }} - \frac{{\gamma + y_{n - 1}^p }} {{\beta y_n^p }}

In this paper, we investigate the global stability and the periodic nature of solutions of the difference equation $y_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha + y_n^p }} {{\beta y_{n - 1}^p }} - \frac{{\gamma + y_{n - 1}^p }} {{\beta y_n^p }},n = 0,1,2,... $ where α, β, γ ∈ (0,∞), α(1 ? p) ? γ > 0, 0 < p < 1, every y _n ≠ 0 for n = ?1, 0, 1, 2, … and the initial conditions y?1, y0 are arbitrary positive real numbers. We show that the equilibrium point of the difference equation is a global attractor with a basin that depends on the conditions of the coefficients.     

Towards characterising polynomiality of $$\frac{1-q^b}{1-q^a}{n\brack m}$$ and applications

In this note, we shall give conditions which guarantee that \(\frac{1-q^b}{1-q^a}\Big [\begin{array}{l} n\\ m\\ \end{array}\Big ]\in \mathbb {Z}[q]\) holds. We shall provide a full characterisation for \(\frac{1-q^b}{1-q^a}\Big [\begin{array}{l} ka\\ m\\ \end{array}\Big ]\in \mathbb {Z}[q]\). This unifies a variety of results already known in literature. We shall prove new divisibility properties for the binomial coefficients and a new divisibility result for a certain finite sum involving the roots of the unity.     

Realization of 2D convolutional codes of rate \frac{1}{n} by separable Roesser models

In this paper, two-dimensional convolutional codes constituted by sequences in $(\mathbb F ^n)^{\mathbb{Z }^{2}}$ where $\mathbb F $ is a finite field, are considered. In particular, we restrict to codes with rate $\frac{1}{n}$ and we investigate the problem of minimal dimension for realizations of such codes by separable Roesser models. The encoders which allow to obtain such minimal realizations, called R-minimal encoders, are characterized.