International Journal of Difference Equations
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

On the dynamics of a rational difference equation, Part 1

  • Author:
  • A.M. Amleh1, E. Camouzis2, G. Ladas3
  • Total Page Count: 35
  • Page Number: 1 to 35

1Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada

2American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Street, Aghia Paraskevi, 15342 Athens, Greece

3Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881-0816, USA

AMS subject classification: 39A10, 39A11, 39A20.

Abstract

We investigate the global stability character, the periodic nature, and the boundedness of solutions of a rational difference equation with non-negative parameters and with non-negative initial conditions. We also pose several open problems and conjectures which we are unable to resolve at this time.

Keywords

Boundedness, global stability, invariant, periodicity, rational difference equations, rational systems