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On a higher-order nonlinear difference equation. (English) Zbl 1198.39015

Summary: We show that all positive solutions of a higher-order nonlinear difference equation are bounded, extending some recent results in the literature.

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39A22 Growth, boundedness, comparison of solutions to difference equations
39A10 Additive difference equations
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