Nontrivial Solutions of a Higher-Order Rational Difference Equation

S. Stević

Matematičeskie zametki, Tome 84 (2008) no. 5, pp. 772-780.

Résumé

We prove that, for every $k\in\mathbb N$, the following generalization of the Putnam difference equation $$ x_{n+1}=\frac{x_n+x_{n-1}+\dots+x_{n-(k-1)}+x_{n-k}x_{n-(k+1)}} {x_nx_{n-1}+x_{n-2}+\dots+x_{n-(k+1)}}\,,\qquad n\in\mathbb N_0, $$ has a positive solution with the following asymptotics $$ x_n=1+(k+1)e^{-\lambda^n}+(k+1)e^{-c\lambda^n}+o(e^{-c\lambda^n}) $$ for some $c>1$ depending on $k$, and where $\lambda$ is the root of the polynomial $P(\lambda)=\lambda^{k+2}-\lambda-1$ belonging to the interval $(1,2)$. Using this result, we prove that the equation has a positive solution which is not eventually equal to $1$. Also, for the case $k=1$, we find all positive eventually equal to unity solutions to the equation.

Détail

Keywords: difference equation, nonlinear solution, asymptotic, Putnam difference equation.

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