Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 020652, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/DDNS/2006/20652
On boundedness of the solutions of the difference equation xn+1=xn−1/(p+xn)
1Department of Mathematics, College of Mathematics and Information Science, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
2Department of Mathematics, Guangxi College of Finance and Economics, Nanning, Guangxi 530003, China
Received 29 April 2006; Revised 4 July 2006; Accepted 5 July 2006
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Abstract
We study the difference equation xn+1=xn−1/(p+xn), n=0,1,…, where initial values x−1,x0∈(0,+∞) and 0<p<1, and obtain the set of all initial values (x−1,x0)∈(0,+∞)×(0,+∞) such that the positive solution {xn}n=−1∞ is bounded. This answers the Open Problem 2 proposed by Kulenović and Ladas.