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On the recursive sequence $x_{n+1}=\frac {A}{x_n}+\frac {1}{x_{n-2}}$
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by R. DeVault, G. Ladas and S. W. Schultz PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 3257-3261 Request permission

Abstract:

We show that every positive solution of the equation \[ x_{n+1} = \frac {A}{x_{n}} + \frac {1}{x_{n-2}}, \hspace {.2in} n = 0, 1, \ldots , \] where $A \in (0, \infty )$, converges to a period two solution.
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  • R. DeVault
  • Affiliation: Division of Mathematics and Sciences, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497
  • Email: rich@alpha.nsula.edu
  • G. Ladas
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
  • Email: gladas@math.uri.edu
  • S. W. Schultz
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island 02918
  • Email: sschultz@providence.edu
  • Received by editor(s): March 18, 1997
  • Communicated by: Hal L. Smith
  • © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 3257-3261
  • MSC (1991): Primary 39A10
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04626-7
  • MathSciNet review: 1473661