Global asymptotic stability of a higher order rational difference equation (Q874957)

The authors consider the following nonlinear difference equation \[ x_{n+1}= {f(x_{n-r_1},\dots, x_{n-r_k}) g(x_{n-m_1},\dots, x_{n-m_l})+ 1\over f(x_{n-r_1},\dots, x_{n-r_k})+ g(x_{n-m_1},\dots x_{n-m_l})},\quad n= 0,1,\dots, \] where \(f\in C(\mathbb{R}^k_+, \mathbb{R}_+)\), \(g\in C(\mathbb{R}^l_+, \mathbb{R}_+)\) with \(k,l\in \{1,2,\dots\}\), \(0\leq r_k\leq\cdots\leq r_k\) and \(0\leq m_1\leq\cdots\leq m_l\), and the initial values are positive real numbers. The main result of this note gives sufficient conditions under which the unique equilibrium \(x= 1\) of the above equation is globally asymptotically stable.