International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 21 (1998), Issue 2, Pages 331-340
doi:10.1155/S0161171298000453

Stability problem of some nonlinear difference equations

Alaa E. Hamza and M.A. El-Sayed

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic stability of the recursive sequence xn+1=α+βxn21+γxn1,n=0,1, and the existence of certain monotonic solutions of the equation xn+1=xnpf(xn,xn1,,xnk),n=0,1, which includes as a special case the rational recursive sequence xn+1=βxnp1+i=1kγixn1pr, where α0,β>0,γ>0,γi0, i=1,2,,k,i=1kγi>0, p{2,3,} and r{1,2,,p1}. The case when r=0 has been investigated by Camouzis et. al. [1], and for r=0 and p=2 by Camouzis et. al. [2].