On the system of rational difference equations \(x_n=A+y_{n-1}/x_{n-p}y_{n-q}\), \(y_n=A+x_{n-1}/x_{n-r}y_{n-s}\) (Q555850)

The paper is mainly concerned with the long-term behavior of the positive solutions of the system of rational difference equations: \[ \begin{aligned} x_n &= A+ \frac{y_{n-1}}{x_{n-p}y_{n-q}}, \\ y_n &= A+ \frac{x_{n-1}}{x_{n-r}y_{n-s}}, \end{aligned} \] where \(A\) is a positive real number, \(p,q,r,s\) are positive integers greater than \(2\), and the initial conditions \(x_{1-\max(p,r)},x_{2-\max(p,r)},\dots ,x_0\), \(y_{1-\max(q,s)},y_{2-\max(q,s)},\dots ,y_0\) are positive real numbers. The authors establish the following results: (1) If \(A>1\), then every positive solution is bounded. Explicit upper bounds can be found in Theorem 2.1. (2) If \(A>2/\sqrt{3}\), then the equilibrium solution \[ (\overline{x},\bar{y})= \left(\frac{A+\sqrt{A^2+4}} {2},\frac{A+\sqrt{A^2+4}}{2}\right) \] is locally asymptotically stable (Theorem 3.1). Furthermore, if \(A>\sqrt{2}\), then the equilibrium solution is globally attractive and, hence, globally asymptotically stable (Theorems 3.3--3.4).