All solutions of a class of discrete-time systems are eventually periodic (Q702563)

This paper is devoted to the proof of the following fact: any couple \((x(\cdot),y(\cdot))\) solution of \[ x(n)=x(n-1)+ag(x(n-k))+bg(y(n-k)), \quad n=1,2,\dots, \] \[ y(n)=y(n-1)-bg(x(n-k))+ag(y(n-k)), \quad n=1,2,\dots, \] is eventually periodic. Here \(k\) is a fixed positive integer, \(a,b\) are positive constants, and \(g\) is a decreasing step function (with one discontinuity point only and values \(1\) and \(-1\)). Such a discrete-time system may be regarded as an approximation of a model for two neurons with no internal decay.