Perron-type criterion for linear difference equations with distributed delay (Q2478393)

Consider the equation \[ \Delta x(n)=\sum_{k=-d}^{0}\Delta _{k}\zeta (n+1,k-1)x(n+k-1),\quad n\geq 1, \tag{*} \] and the corresponding nonhomogeneous equation \[ \Delta x(n)=\sum_{k=-d}^{0}\Delta _{k}\zeta (n+1,k-1)x(n+k-1)+f(n),\quad n\geq 1,\tag{**} \] where \(\zeta (m,s)\) is a function satisfying some conditions and \(\Delta_{s}\zeta (m,s)=\zeta (m,s+1)-\zeta (m,s)\). The main result of this paper is the following: Theorem. If (*) verifies Perron's condition, then its trivial solution is uniformly asymptotically stable. Equation (*) is said to verify Perron's condition if for every bounded sequence \(f(x)\) for \ \(n\geq 1\), the solution of (**) with \(\varphi (n)=0\)\ for \(n\in N(-d+1,1)\)\ is bounded for \(n\geq 1\).