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On the global attractivity and oscillations in a class of second order difference equations from macroeconomics

Dynamical Systems 2010-02-17 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

New global attractivity criteria are obtained for the second order difference equation xn+1=cxn+f(xnxn1),n=1,2,... x_{n+1}=cx_{n}+f(x_{n}-x_{n-1}),\quad n=1, 2, ... via a Lyapunov-like method. Some of these results are sharp and support recent related conjectures. Also, a necessary and sufficient condition for the oscillation of this equation is obtained using comparison with a second order linear difference equation with positive coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.1002.3090,
  title  = {On the global attractivity and oscillations in a class of second order difference equations from macroeconomics},
  author = {Hassan A. El-Morshedy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3090},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

the final version of this paper will be published in Journal of Difference Equations and Applications