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Global behavior of a higher-order rational difference equation

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We investigate in this paper the global behavior of the following difference equation: , n = 0,1,..., under appropriate assumptions, where b ∈ [0, ∞), k ≥ 1, i0, i1,...,i2k ∈ {0,1,...} with i0 <i1 < ... <i2k, the initial conditions . We prove that unique equilibrium of that equation is globally asymptotically stable.

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Xi, H., Sun, T. Global behavior of a higher-order rational difference equation. Adv Differ Equ 2006, 027637 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ADE/2006/27637

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