Global Attractivity in Nonlinear Higher Order Difference Equations in Banach Algebras

Nonlinear higher order difference equations with linear arguments (containing linear forms within nonlinear maps of the space) are well-defined on Banach algebras. The scalar forms of these equations (i.e., with real variables and parameters) have appeared frequently in the literature. By generalizing existing results from real numbers to algebras and using a new result on reduction of order, new sufficient conditions are obtained for the convergence to zero of all solutions of nonlinear difference equations with linear arguments. Where reduction of order is possible, these conditions extend the ranges of parameters for which the origin is a global attractor even when all variables and parameters are real numbers.