The behaviour of the positive solutions of the difference equation x n = A + (xn-2/xn-1)p

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 909-918

  Berenhaut, Kenneth S ^a   Stević, Stevo ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Boundedness; Period two solution; Rational difference equation; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748707163     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: 15635120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190600836377     Document Type: Article

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