The authors consider the nonlinear difference equation $$x_{n+1}=\alpha x_n+x_{n-k}f\left(x_{n-k}\right),n=0,1,\cdots .1\text{where}\alpha \in (0,1),k\in \{0,1,\cdots \}\text{and}f\in C^1[[0,\infty ),[0,\infty )]\left(0\right)$$ with $f^{\text{'}}\left(x\right)<0$. They give sufficient conditions for the unique positive equilibrium of (0.1) to be a global attractor of all positive solutions. The results here are somewhat easier to apply than those of other authors. An application to a model of blood cell production is given.

This paper contains some sufficient condition for the point zero to be a global attractor for nonlinear recurrence of second order.

In this paper, we determine the forbidden set and give an explicit formula for the solutions of the difference equation $$x_{n+1}=\frac{a{x}_n{x}_{n-1}}{-b{x}_n+c{x}_{n-2}},n\in {\mathbb{N}}_0$$ where $a$, $b$, $c$ are positive real numbers and the initial conditions $x_{-2}$, $x_{-1}$, $x_0$ are real numbers. We show that every admissible solution of that equation converges to zero if either $a<c$ or $a>c$ with $(a-c)/b<1$. When $a>c$ with $(a-c)/b>1$, we prove that every admissible solution is unbounded. Finally, when $a=c$, we prove that every admissible solution converges to zero.

In this paper, we introduce an explicit formula and discuss the global behavior of solutions of the difference equation $$x_{n+1}=\frac{a{x}_{n-3}}{b+c{x}_{n-1}{x}_{n-3}},n=0,1,\cdots$$ where $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers and the initial conditions $x_{-3}$, $x_{-2}$, $x_{-1}$, $x_0$ are real numbers.

We prove the existence of an unbounded connected branch of nontrivial homoclinic trajectories of a family of discrete nonautonomous asymptotically hyperbolic systems parametrized by a circle under assumptions involving topological properties of the asymptotic stable bundles.

We discuss the discrete $p$-Laplacian eigenvalue problem, $$\left\{\begin{array}{c}\Delta \left({\phi }_p\left(\Delta u(k-1)\right)\right)+\lambda a\left(k\right)g\left(u\left(k\right)\right)=0,k\in \{1,2,...,T\},\hfill \\ u\left(0\right)=u(T+1)=0,\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ where $T>1$ is a given positive integer and ${\phi }_p\left(x\right):={\left|x\right|}^{p-2}x$, $p>1$. First, the existence of an unbounded continuum $𝒞$ of positive solutions emanating from $(\lambda ,u)=(0,0)$ is shown under suitable conditions on the nonlinearity. Then, under an additional condition, it is shown that the positive solution is unique for any $\lambda >0$ and all solutions are ordered. Thus the continuum $𝒞$ is a monotone continuous curve globally defined for all $\lambda >0$.

In this paper, the problem of global finite-time stabilization via output-feedback is investigated for a class of stochastic nonlinear cascaded systems (SNCSs). First, based on the adding a power integrator technique and the homogeneous domination approach, a global output-feedback finite-time control law is constructed for the driving subsystem. Then, based on homogeneous systems theory, it is shown that under some mild conditions the global finite- time stability in probability of the driving...