Global stability of a higher order rational recursive sequence (Q2506334)

The authors investigate stability, periodicity, and oscillatory behavior of solutions of the rational difference equation \[ x_{n+1}=\frac{\beta ~x_{n-k+1}+\gamma~ x_{n-2k+1}}{A+B~x_{n-k+1}},\quad n=0,1,2,.... \] or equivalently, via the transformation \(x_n=Ay_n/B\), \[ y_{n+1}=\frac{p~y_{n-k+1}+q~y_{n-2k+1}}{1+y_{n-k+1}},\quad n=0,1,2,... \] where the initial conditions \(x_{-2k+1},...,x_{-1},x_0\) are positive, \(k\in\{1,2,...\}\), and the parameters \(\beta,~\gamma,~A,~B\) are positive. It is worth mentioning that if we introduce the change of variables \[ z_m=y_{mk}, \] then \(z_m\) satisfies the difference equation \[ z_{m+1}=y_{(m+1)k}=\frac{p~y_{mk}+q~y_{(m-1)k}}{1+y_{mk}}=\frac{p~z_m+q~z_{m-1}}{1+z_m}, \] which has been investigated by several authors, as mentioned by the authors of the paper under review.