On Riccati's extended form (Q3841685)

A Riccati difference system (with complex constant coefficients) of the form \[ u(m+1,n+1)={\alpha u(m,n)+\beta\nu(m,n)+\gamma\over pu(m,n)+qv(m,n)+r}, v(m+1,n+1)={\mu u(m,n)+\xi v(m,n)+\eta\over pu(m,n)+qv(m,n)+r},\tag{*} \] by the change \((m,n)\mapsto (n+v,n)\) is transformed to a one-dimensional problem with discrete parameter \(\nu\). Fixing this parameter, the new system is studied in relation to: (i) existence of solution of the initial value problem on a finite or infinite subset of the set \(\mathbb{Z}\); (ii) existence of constant solutions (the authors give necessary and sufficient conditions); number of such solutions, and the structure of their set (isolated, filling in some line); (iii) stability properties of equilibrium points. In the last section several interesting one-dimension examples are discussed, however no conclusions are made for the initial two-dimensional system (*).