On the Dynamics of x_{\bf{n} + \bf{1}} = {{ \mgreek{a} + \mgreek{g} x_{n-1} + \mgreek{d} x_{n-2}} \over {A + x_{n-2}}}

We investigate the global stability, the periodic character and the boundedness nature of solutions of the equation in the title for all admissible nonnegative values of the parameters and the initial conditions. We show that the solutions exhibit a trichotomy character depending on how the parameter γ compares to the sum of the parameters δ and A.     

On the Recursive Sequence x_{n + 1} = {{ \mgreek{g} x_{n-1} + \mgreek{d} x_{n-2}} \over {Cx_{n-1} + Dx_{n-2}}}

We investigate the global character of solutions of the equation in the title with positive parameters and positive initial conditions. We obtain results about the global attractivity of the equilibrium, the existence and attractivity of the period-two solution and the semicycles.     

On the Global Character of the Difference Equation X n + 1 =

We investigate the global stability, the periodic character, and the boundedness nature of solutions of the difference equation x n +1 = f + n x n m (2 k +1) + i x n m 2 l A + x n m 2 l , n =0,1,… where k and l are non-negative integers, the parameters f , n , i , A are non-negative real numbers with f + n + i >0, and the initial conditions are non-negative real numbers. We show that the solutions exhibit a trichotomy character depending upon the parameters n , i and A .     

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 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.     

Unbounded solutions of the max-type difference equation x_{n + 1} = max\left\{ {\frac{{A_n }} {{X_n }},\frac{{B_n }} {{X_{n - 2} }}} \right\}

We investigate the boundedness nature of positive solutions of the difference equation $$ x_{n + 1} = max\left\{ {\frac{{A_n }} {{X_n }},\frac{{B_n }} {{X_{n - 2} }}} \right\},n = 0,1,..., $$ where {A _n } _n=0 ^∞ and {B _n } _n=0 ^∞ are periodic sequences of positive real numbers.     

On the difference equationx_{n + 1} = \frac{{a + bx_{n - k} - cx_{n - m} }}{{1 + g(x_{n - 1} )}}

In this paper we consider the difference equation $$x_{n + 1} = \frac{{a + bx_{n - k} - cx_{n - m} }}{{1 + g(x_{n - 1} )}},$$ wherea, b, c are nonegative real numbers,k, l, m are nonnegative integers andg(x) is a nonegative real function. The oscillatory and periodic character, the boundedness and the stability of positive solutions of the equation is investigated. The existence and nonexistence of two-period positive solutions are investigated in details. In the last section of the paper we consider a generalization of the equation.     

On the Number of Solutions of the Equation a_{1}x_{1}^{m_{1}}+\cdots +a_{n}x_{n}^{m_{n}}=bx_{1}\cdots x_{n} in a Finite Field

We obtain an explicit formula for the number of solutions of a special equation in a finite field under a certain restriction on the exponents. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) primary: 11G25, secondary: 11T24.     

On the recursive sequencex_{n + 1} = \frac{{ax_{n - 2m + 1}^p }}{{b + cx_{n - 2k}^{p - 1} }}

The boundedness, global attractivity, oscillatory and asymptotic periodicity of the nonnegative solutions of the difference equation $$x_{n + 1} = \frac{{ax_{n - 2m + 1}^p }}{{b + cx_{n - 2k}^{p - 1} }}, n = 0, 1,...$$ wherem, k ∈ N, 2k > 2m?1,a, b, c are nonnegative real numbers andp < 1, are investigated.     

On the period five trichotomy of all positive solutions of xn+1=(p+xn−2)/xn

We study the behavior of all positive solutions of the difference equation in the title, where p is a positive real parameter and the initial conditions x₋₂,x₋₁,x₀ are positive real numbers. For all the values of the positive parameter p there exists a unique positive equilibrium x? which satisfies the equation

     

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.