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On the system of rational difference equations xn+1 = f(yn-q, xn-s), yn+1 = g(xn-t, yn-p)

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We study the global behavior of positive solutions of the system of rational difference equations xn+1 = f(yn-q, xn-s), yn+1 = g(xn-t, yn-p), n = 0,1,2,..., where p, q, s, t ∈ {0,1,2,...} with s ≥ t and p ≥ q, the initial values x-s, x-s+1,...,x0, y-p, y-p+1,...y0 ∈ (0,+∞). We give sufficient conditions under which every positive solution of this system converges to the unique positive equilibrium.

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    Taixiang Sun

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    Hongjian Xi

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Sun, T., Xi, H. On the system of rational difference equations xn+1 = f(yn-q, xn-s), yn+1 = g(xn-t, yn-p). Adv Differ Equ 2006, 051520 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ADE/2006/51520

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