On the rational difference equation \(y_{n+1}= A+ \frac {y_{n-k}}{y_{n}}\) (Q2490983)

The authors consider the equation \[ y_{n+1} = A + \frac{y_{n-k}}{y_n}, \quad n \in \mathbb{N} \tag{1} \] where \(y_{-k}, \ldots, y_{-1}, y_0, A \in (0, \infty)\) and \(k \in \{2, 3, 4, \ldots \}\). The authors prove that if \(A>1\), then the unique positive equilibrium \({\bar y} = 1 + A\) of equation (1) is globally asymptotically stable. They apply their result in order to deduce boundedness and persistence properties of solutions of the equation (1).