## Asymptotic behavior of solutions of a two term difference equation.(English)Zbl 0809.39006

The asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of the $$2n$$-th order linear difference equation
$$\Delta^ n (a_ k \Delta^ n x_ k) + b_{k + n} x_{k + n} = 0$$ $$(k \geq 0)$$, where $$a_ k > 0$$ for all $$k$$, is investigated.
Reviewer: H.Länger (Wien)

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