Global stability of some classes of higher-order nonlinear difference equations

We give elegant and short proofs of some recent results on global stability of some classes of higher-order nonlinear difference equations.     

具有可变时滞的非线性非自治差分方程的线性化全局渐近稳定性及其应用

证明了在一定条件下,具有可变时滞的非线性非自治差分方程的全局渐近稳定性可由某种线性差分方程的渐近稳定性确定,给出了这类差分方程全局渐近稳定的充分条件.作为实例,获得了具有可变时滞的离散型非自治广义Log istic方程的全局吸收性判别准则.     

Asymptotical stability of partial difference equations with variable coefficients

The dynamical systems considered have scalar state, are multivariate, linear, time-discrete, and time-variable and are described by an initial value problem for a class of evolutionary partial difference equations. The time set is the nonnegative part of the integer lattice in several dimensions. Parts of the asymptotical stability set in the parameter space spanned by the time-variable coefficients are explicitly found. To assess the quality of the sufficient stability criteria, a comparison with the exact stability set is made in an example.     

Oscillation criteria for first-order neutral nonlinear difference equations with variable coefficients

Consider the first-order neutral nonlinear difference equation of the form

, where τ > 0, σ_i ≥ 0 (i = 1, 2,…, m) are integers, {p_n} and {q_n} are nonnegative sequences. We obtain new criteria for the oscillation of the above equation without the restrictions Σ_n=0^∞ q_n = ∞ or Σ_n=0^∞ nq_n Σ_j=n^∞ q_j = ∞ commonly used in the literature.     

Global stability and asymptotics of some classes of rational difference equations

In this note we prove that the positive solutions of some classes of rational difference equations are globally asymptotically stable. Using a Berg's result, we also find asymptotics of some solutions of these equations.     

Global stability for nonlinear dynamic equations with variable coefficients

We give sufficient conditions under which the trivial solution of a nonlinear dynamic equation with variable coefficients is globally asymptotically stable, for arbitrary time scales unbounded above.     

Global asymptotic stability of a family of difference equations

We consider the family of difference equations of the form

     

非线性时滞差分议程的全局渐近稳定性

In this paper,a sufficient condition for the global asymptotic stability of the solutions of the following nonlinear delay difference equation is obtained,xn 1=xn xn-1xn-2 a/xmxm-1 xn-2 a,n=0,1…,where a∈(0,∞) and the initial values x-2,x-1,x0∈(0,∞).As a special case,a conjecture by Ladas is confirmed.     

Global stability of a rational symmetric difference equation

Motivated by ideas from papers: C. Cinar, I. Yalçinkaya, S. Stević, A note on global asymptotic stability of a family of rational equations, Rostock. Math. Kolloq. 59 (2004), 41–49, and S. Stević, Global stability and asymptotics of some classes of rational difference equations, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 316 (2006), 60–68, here we confirm a conjecture on a rational symmetric difference equation from the paper: K. Berenhaut, J. Foley, S. Stević, The global attractivity of the rational difference equation , Appl. Math. Lett. 20 (2007), 54–58.     

On stability and Bohl exponent of linear singular systems of difference equations with variable coefficients

In this paper we investigate the stability of linear singular systems of difference equations with variable coefficients by the projector-based approach. We study the preservation of uniform/exponential stability when the system coefficients are subject to allowable perturbations. A Bohl–Perron type theorem is obtained which provides a necessary and sufficient condition for the boundedness of solutions of nonhomogenous systems. The notion of Bohl exponent is introduced and we characterize the relation between the exponential stability and the Bohl exponent. Finally, robustness of the Bohl exponent with respect to allowable perturbations is investigated.     

Comparison theorems for second order nonlinear difference equations

New oscillation results are obtained for the second order nonlinear difference equation

Δ(rnf(Δxn−1))+g(n,xn)=0,     

High order difference schemes for the system of two space second order nonlinear hyperbolic equations with variable coefficients

In this paper, we develop implicit difference schemes of O(k⁴ + k²h² + h⁴), where k > 0, h > 0 are grid sizes in time and space coordinates, respectively, for solving the system of two space dimensional second order nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations with variable coefficients having mixed derivatives subject to appropriate initial and boundary conditions. The proposed difference method for the scalar equation is applied for the solution of wave equation in polar coordinates to obtain three level conditionally stable ADI method of O(k⁴ + k²h² + h⁴). Some physical nonlinear problems are provided to demonstrate the accuracy of the implementation.     

Periodically forced nonlinear systems of difference equations

The existance of nontrivial (x=0( periodic solutions of a general class of periodic nonlinear difference equations is proved using bifurcation theory methods. Specifically, the existance of a global continuum of nontrivial periodicsolutions that bifurcates from the trivial solution (x=0) is proved. Conditions are given under which the nontrivial solutions are positive. A prerrequisite Fredholm and adjoint operator theory for linear periodic systems is developed. An application to application dynamics is made.     

On the use of high order difference methods for the system of one space second order nonlinear hyperbolic equations with variable coefficients

Implicit difference schemes of O(k⁴ + k²h² + h⁴), where k0, h 0 are grid sizes in time and space coordinates respectively, are developed for the efficient numerical integration of the system of one space second order nonlinear hyperbolic equations with variable coefficients subject to appropriate initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The proposed difference method for a scalar equation is applied for the wave equation in cylindrical and spherical symmetry. The numerical examples are given to illustrate the fourth order convergence of the methods.     

Global stability in difference equations satisfying the generalized Yorke condition

We present several conditions sufficient for global stability of the zero solution of nonautonomous difference equation xn+1=qxn+fn(xn,…,xn−k), n∈Z, when the nonlinearities fn satisfy a sort of negative feedback condition. Moreover, for every k∈N, we indicate qk such that one of our stability conditions is sharp if q∈(0,qk]. We apply our results to discrete versions of Nicholson's blowflies equation, the Mackey-Glass equations, and the Wazewska and Lasota equation.     

On ordinary difference equations with variable coefficients

A solution representation in matrix form is achieved for all orders of the title equation. Sufficient criteria for the asymptotical stability and the bounded input-bounded output stability of the solution sequence are presented. Our solution representation is confronted with a fully explicit representation. The latter is derived in a simple way and also generalized to a class of partial difference equation with variable coefficients.