Dynamics of a rational difference equation (Q5902332): Difference between revisions

The article deals with some properties of the solutions of the difference equation \[ x_{n+1} = \frac{ax_{n-l}x_{n-k}}{bx_{n-p} + cx_{n-q}}, \qquad n = 0,1,\dots,\tag{1} \] with the initial condition \(x_{-r},x_{-r+1},\dots,x_0\) that are arbitrary positive reals, \(r = \max \;\{l,k,p,q\}\); \(a, b, c\) are positive constants. The authors prove the following statements: {\parindent6mm \begin{itemize}\item[1.] the equilibrium point of Equation (1) is locally asymptotically stable provided that \(3a < (b + c)\); \item[2.] the equilibrium point of Equation (1) is a global attractor. The special cases \(l = 0, k = 1, p = 0, q = 1\), \(l = 1, k = 2, p = 1, q = 2\), \(l = 0, k = 2, p = 0, q = 2\), \(l = 1, k = 0, p = 0, q = 2\), \(l = 1, k = 0, p = 1, q = 2\), \(l = 2, k = 0, p = 0, q = 2\), \(l = 2, k = 0, p = 1, q = 2\) are considered in details. \end{itemize}} There is a vague place in the article: the equilibrium of (1) is asymptotically stable in the case when \(3a < (b + c)\), however it is a global attractor without any assumptions.