Towards a bifurcation theory for nonautonomous difference equations

Although, bifurcation theory of equations with autonomous and periodic time dependence is a major object of research in the study of dynamical systems since decades, the notion of a nonautonomous bifurcation is not yet established. This article contains an approach to overcome this deficit in the context of nonautonomous difference equations. Based on special notions of attractivity and repulsivity, nonautonomous bifurcation phenomena are studied. We obtain generalizations of the well-known one-dimensional transcritical and pitchfork bifurcation.