The periodic solutions of the second order nonlinear difference equation (Q1105793)

Let f:\({\mathbb{R}}\to {\mathbb{R}}\) be a continuous function; \(f\not\equiv 0\), and \(a_ n\), \(n\in {\mathbb{N}}=\{0,1,...\}\) are real numbers such that the functions \(x\to x+a_ nf(x)\) are surjections of \({\mathbb{R}}\) onto \({\mathbb{R}}\) for every \(n\in {\mathbb{N}}\). Suppose that \(\sum^{\infty}_{j=1}j| a_ j| <\infty\). Then the main result of the paper states that for every integer \(t\geq 1\) there exists a t-periodic function p:\({\mathbb{N}}\to {\mathbb{R}}\) such that the equation \(\Delta^ 2x_ n+a_ nf(x_ n)=p_ n\) has an asymptotically t-periodic solution. Moreover, if the above functions \(x\to x+a_ nf(x)\), \(n\in {\mathbb{N}}\) are one-to-one then the solution is unique.