Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 867-880, 2020
Solutions to conjectures on a nonlinear recursive equation
Özkan Öcalan, Oktay Duman
Received December 25, 2018. Published online February 24, 2020.
Abstract: We obtain solutions to some conjectures about the nonlinear difference equation $x_{n+1}=\alpha+\beta x_{n-1} {\rm e}^{-x_n}$, $n=0,1,\cdots$, $\alpha,\beta > 0$. More precisely, we get not only a condition under which the equilibrium point of the above equation is globally asymptotically stable but also a condition under which the above equation has a unique positive cycle of prime period two. We also prove some further results.
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Affiliations:Özkan Öcalan, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, Dumlupinar Boulevard, 07058 Campus, Antalya, Turkey, e-mail: ozkanocalan@akdeniz.edu.tr, Oktay Duman (corresponding author), TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Sögütözü Avenue 43, Sögütözü, Ankara, 06560, Turkey, e-mail: okitayduman@gmail.com, oduman@etu.edu.tr
