Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (Jan 2009)

Boundedness, Attractivity, and Stability of a Rational Difference Equation with Two Periodic Coefficients

  • G. Papaschinopoulos,
  • G. Stefanidou,
  • C. J. Schinas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/973714
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2009

Abstract

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We study the boundedness, the attractivity, and the stability of the positive solutions of the rational difference equation xn+1=(pnxn−2+xn−3)/(qn+xn−3), n=0,1,…, where pn,qn, n=0,1,… are positive sequences of period 2.