An Introduction to Difference Equations
In contemplating the third edition, I have had multiple objectives to achieve. The first and foremost important objective is to maintain the - cessibility and readability of the book to a broad readership with varying mathematical backgrounds and sophistication. More proofs, more graphs, more explanations, and more applications are provided in this edition. The second objective is to update the contents of the book so that the reader stays abreast of new developments in this vital area of mathematics. Recent results on local and global stability of one-dimensional maps are included in Chapters 1, 4, and Appendices A and C. An extension of the Hartman–Grobman Theorem to noninvertible maps is stated in Appendix D. A whole new section on various notions of the asymptoticity of solutions and a recent extension of Perron’s Second Theorem are added to Chapter 8. In Appendix E a detailed proof of the Levin–May Theorem is presented. In Chapters 4 and 5, the reader will find the latest results on the larval– pupal–adult—our beetle model. The third and—nal objective is to better serve the broad readership of this book by including most, but certainly not all, of the research areas in difierence equations. As more work is being published in the Journal of Difference Equations and Applications and elsewhere, it became apparent that a whole chapter needed to be dedicated to this enterprise. With the prodding and encouragement of Gerry Ladas, the new Chapter 5 was born.
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An Introduction to Difference Equations
In contemplating the third edition, I have had multiple objectives to achieve. The first and foremost important objective is to maintain the - cessibility and readability of the book to a broad readership with varying mathematical backgrounds and sophistication. More proofs, more graphs, more explanations, and more applications are provided in this edition. The second objective is to update the contents of the book so that the reader stays abreast of new developments in this vital area of mathematics. Recent results on local and global stability of one-dimensional maps are included in Chapters 1, 4, and Appendices A and C. An extension of the Hartman–Grobman Theorem to noninvertible maps is stated in Appendix D. A whole new section on various notions of the asymptoticity of solutions and a recent extension of Perron’s Second Theorem are added to Chapter 8. In Appendix E a detailed proof of the Levin–May Theorem is presented. In Chapters 4 and 5, the reader will find the latest results on the larval– pupal–adult—our beetle model. The third and—nal objective is to better serve the broad readership of this book by including most, but certainly not all, of the research areas in difierence equations. As more work is being published in the Journal of Difference Equations and Applications and elsewhere, it became apparent that a whole chapter needed to be dedicated to this enterprise. With the prodding and encouragement of Gerry Ladas, the new Chapter 5 was born.
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An Introduction to Difference Equations

An Introduction to Difference Equations

by Saber Elaydi
An Introduction to Difference Equations

An Introduction to Difference Equations

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In contemplating the third edition, I have had multiple objectives to achieve. The first and foremost important objective is to maintain the - cessibility and readability of the book to a broad readership with varying mathematical backgrounds and sophistication. More proofs, more graphs, more explanations, and more applications are provided in this edition. The second objective is to update the contents of the book so that the reader stays abreast of new developments in this vital area of mathematics. Recent results on local and global stability of one-dimensional maps are included in Chapters 1, 4, and Appendices A and C. An extension of the Hartman–Grobman Theorem to noninvertible maps is stated in Appendix D. A whole new section on various notions of the asymptoticity of solutions and a recent extension of Perron’s Second Theorem are added to Chapter 8. In Appendix E a detailed proof of the Levin–May Theorem is presented. In Chapters 4 and 5, the reader will find the latest results on the larval– pupal–adult—our beetle model. The third and—nal objective is to better serve the broad readership of this book by including most, but certainly not all, of the research areas in difierence equations. As more work is being published in the Journal of Difference Equations and Applications and elsewhere, it became apparent that a whole chapter needed to be dedicated to this enterprise. With the prodding and encouragement of Gerry Ladas, the new Chapter 5 was born.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441920010
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 12/01/2010
Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics , #334
Edition description: Third Edition 2005
Pages: 540
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Dynamics of First-Order Difference Equations.- Linear Difference Equations of Higher Order.- Systems of Linear Difference Equations.- Stability Theory.- Higher-Order Scalar Difference Equations.- The Z-Transform Method and Volterra Difference Equations.- Oscillation Theory.- Asymptotic Behavior of Difference Equations.- Applications to Continued Fractions and Orthogonal Polynomials.- Control Theory.
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