The asymptotic behavior of a class of nonlinear delay difference equations (Q2706594)

The authors study the asymptotic behavior of the nonnegative solutions of the nonlinear difference equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINEx_n=x^p_{n-1}\left[1+g \left( \sum^m_{i=1} f_i(x_{n-i})\right) \right],\quad n=1,2, \dots,NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(p\) is a positive constant, \(g:\mathbb{R} \to(-1,\infty)\) is continuous and decreasing with \(g(0)=0\) and each \(f_i:[0,\infty) \to\mathbb{R}\) is continuous and nondecreasing. The above equation is originated as an economic model. The authors give sufficient conditions for permanence, oscillation and global attractivity.