Solvability of the class of two-dimensional product-type systems of difference equations of delay-type \((1,3,1,1)\) (Q2333407)

Summary: This paper essentially presents the last and important steps in the study of (practical) solvability of two-dimensional product-type systems of difference equations of the following form \(z_n = \alpha z_{n - k}^a w_{n - l}^b,\)\(w_n = \beta w_{n - m}^c z_{n - s}^d\), \(n \in \mathbb{N}_0,\) where \(k\), \(l\), \(m\), \(s \in \mathbb{N}\), \(a\), \(b\), \(c\), \(d \in \mathbb{Z}\), and where \(\alpha, \beta\) and the initial values are complex numbers. It is devoted to the most complex case which has not been considered so far (the case \(k = l = s = 1\) and \(m = 3\)). Closed form formulas for solutions to the system are found in all possible cases. The structure of the solutions to the system is considered in detail. The following five cases: (1) \(b = 0\); (2) \(c = 0\); (3) \(d = 0\); (4) \(a c \neq 0\); (5) \(a = 0\), \(b c d \neq 0\), are considered separately. Some of the situations appear for the first time in the literature.