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Positive periodic solutions of functional discrete systems and population models

Advances in Difference Equations volume 2005, Article number: 984976 (2005) Cite this article

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We apply a cone-theoretic fixed point theorem to study the existence of positive periodic solutions of the nonlinear system of functional difference equations x(n+1) = A(n)x(n) + f(n,x n ).

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 45469-2316, USA

    Youssef N Raffoul

  2. School of Mathematics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Christopher C Tisdell

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Raffoul, Y.N., Tisdell, C.C. Positive periodic solutions of functional discrete systems and population models. Adv Differ Equ 2005, 984976 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1155/ADE.2005.369

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