Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 931798, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/931798

Permanence of a discrete model of mutualism with infinite deviating arguments

Xuepeng Li and Wensheng Yang

School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China

Abstract

We propose a discrete model of mutualism with infinite deviating arguments, that is x1(n+1)=x1(n)exp{r1(n)[(K1(n)+α1(n)s=0J2(s)x2(ns))/(1+s=0J2(s)x2(ns))x1(nσ1(n))]},x2(n+1)=x2(n)exp{r2(n)[(K2(n)+α2(n)s=0J1(s)x1(ns))/(1+s=0J1(s)x1(ns))x2(nσ2(n))]}. By some Lemmas, sufficient conditions are obtained for the permanence of the system.