On a \(k\)-order system of Lyness-type difference equations (Q2472254)

The authors study the system of difference equations \[ \begin{gathered} x_1(n+1)= {a_k x_k(n)+ b_k\over x_{k-1}(n- 1)},\quad x_2(n+1)= {a_1 x_1(n)+ b_1\over x_k(n-1)},\\ x_i(n+1)= {a_{i-1}x_{i-1}(n)+ b_{i-1}\over x_{i-2}(n- 1)},\quad i= 3,4,\dots, k,\end{gathered} \] where \(a_i\), \(b_i\), \(i= 1,2,\dots,k\) are positive constant numbers, \(k\geq 3\) is an integer and the initial values \(x_i(-1)\), \(x_i(0)\), \(i= 1,2,\dots, k\), are positive real numbers. Several results on the existence of invariants, the boundedness, the persistence, and the periodicity of the positive solutions of this system are established.