Global asymptotic stability of a family of nonlinear difference equations (Q2312273)

Summary: In this note, we consider global asymptotic stability of the following nonlinear difference equation \(x_n=(\prod^v_{i=1}(x^{\beta_i}_{n-k_i}+1)+\prod^v_{i=1}(x^{\beta_i}_{n-k_i}-1))/(\prod^v_{i=1}(x^{\beta_i}_{n-k_i}+1)-\prod^v_{i=1}(x^{\beta_i}_{n-k_i}-1))\), \(n=0,1,\dots\), where \(k_i\in\mathbb{N}\) (\(i=1,2,\dots,v\)), \(v\geq2\), \(\beta_1\in[-1,1]\), \(\beta_2,\beta_3\dots,\beta_v\in(-\infty,+\infty)\), \(x_{-m},x_{-m+1},\dots,x_{-1}\in(0,\infty)\), and \(m=\max_{1\leq i\leq v}\{k_i\}\). Our result generalizes the corresponding results in the recent literature and simultaneously conforms to a conjecture in the work by \textit{K. S. Berenhaut} et al. [Appl. Math. Lett. 20, No. 1, 54--58 (2007; Zbl 1131.39006)].