We study a scalar linear difference equation with several delays by transforming it to a system of Volterra equations without delays. The results obtained for this system are then used to establish oscillation criteria and asymptotic properties of solutions of the considered equation.

with y−s, y−s+1, . . . , y−1 ∈ (0,∞) and k, m ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, . . .}, where s = k+m. We prove that if gcd(2k,m) = 1, then solutions to this equation are asymptotically 2k-periodic. This generalizes the corresponding result for m = 3 and k = 1, proved in K. S. Berenhaut et al., Periodic Solutions of the Rational Difference Equation yn = yn−3+yn−4 yn−1 ,Journal of Difference Equations and Applicat...

In this note we consider the following high-order rational difference equation xn = 1+ k ∏ i=1 (1− xn−i ) k ∑ i=1 xn−i , n = 0, 1, . . . , where k ≥ 3 is odd number, x−k , x−k+1, x−k+2, . . . , x−1 is positive numbers. We obtain the boundedness of positive solutions for the above equation, and with the perturbation of initial values, we mainly use the transformation method to prove that the pos...

Oscillation properties of solutions of the forced second order linear difference equation ∆(rk∆xk) + ckxk+1 = hk are investigated. The authors show that if the forcing term h does not oscillate, in some sense, too rapidly, then the oscillation of the unforced equation implies oscillation of the forced equation. Some results illustrating this statement and extensions to the more general half-lin...