Rate of convergence of solutions of rational difference equation of second order (Q2388391): Difference between revisions

The authors give precise results about the rate of convergence of the solutions of the rational difference equations \[ x_{n+1}=\frac{B}{x_n}+\frac{C}{x_{n-1}},\quad n=0,1,2,... \] \[ x_{n+1}=\frac{p+x_n+x_{n-1}}{qx_n+x_{n-1}},\quad n=0,1,2,... \] \[ x_{n+1}=\frac{p+x_n+x_{n-1}}{q+x_{n-1}},\quad n=0,1,2,... \] that converge to the equilibrium or period-two solution. The main idea in their approach is to linearize the difference equation under study about the attracting equilibrium or period-two solution, and then use Poincaré are theorem and/or an improvement of Perron's theorem due to \textit{M. Pituk} [J. Difference Equ. Appl. 8, No.3, 201--216 (2002; Zbl 1002.39014)].