Advances in Difference Equations
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 82143, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/ADE/2006/82143

Oscillation of a logistic difference equation with several delays

L. Berezansky1 and E. Braverman2

1Department of Mathematics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N. W. Alberta T2N 1N4, Calgary, Canada

Abstract

For a delay difference equation N(n+1)N(n)=N(n)k=1mak(n)(1N(gk(n))/K),ak(n)0, gk(n)n,K>0, a connection between oscillation properties of this equation and the corresponding linear equations is established. Explicit nonoscillation and oscillation conditions are presented. Positiveness of solutions is discussed.