Comparison results for multidimensional difference equations

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Main results of the paper (contained in section 2) are various theorems of comparison type (also in section 5), relating solutions of the vector- valued difference equation of several variables \((*)\quad \Delta^ n_ xu(x)=f(x,u(x))\) with solutions of suitable difference inequalities. Here \(x=(x_ 1,...,x_ n)\in N^ n\), \(N=\{0,1,...\}\); \(u(x)=(u_ 1(x),...,u_ m(x)),\) \(\Delta^ n_ x\) is the n-fold forward difference operator \(\Delta_{x_ 1}...\Delta_{x_ n}\), \(\Delta_{x_ i}u(x)=u(x_ 1,...,x_ i+1,x_{i+1},...,x_ n)-u(x_ 1,...,x_ i,...,x_ n)\), and f is (in most of the cases) nondecreasing with respect to all \(u_ 1,...,u_ m\). The results of section 2 are used to study the dependence of solutions of (*) on initial values and on parameters (in section 3), and to establish some asymptotic properties as e.g. boundedness (in section 4). See for similar considerations the author [J. Math. Phys. Sci. 10, 277-288 (1976; Zbl 0339.39003)], the reviewer [Fasc. Math. 16, 29-42 (1986; Zbl 0616.26012)], \textit{R. Redheffer} and \textit{W. Walter} [J. Differ. Equations 44, 111-117 (1982; Zbl 0455.35009)], \textit{S. Sugiyama} [Proc. Japan Acad. 47, 477-480 (1971; Zbl 0272.39002)].











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