In this paper we investigate the existence, the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the fuzzy difference equation w_{n+1}=((Aw_{n-1})/(B+Cw_{n-3}^{p})), n∈ℕ₀, where (w_{n}) is a sequence of positive fuzzy numbers, the parameters A, B, C and the initial conditions w₋₃, w₋₂, w₋₁, w₀ are positive fuzzy numbers and p is a positive integer.
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Objective & Hypothesis:In this paper we investigate the existence, the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the fuzzy difference equation w_{n+1}=((Aw_{n-1})/(B+Cw_{n-3}^{p})), n∈ℕ₀, where (w_{n}) is a sequence of positive fuzzy numbers, the parameters A, B, C and the initial conditions w₋₃, w₋₂, w₋₁, w₀ are positive fuzzy numbers and p is a positive integer.
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Key Findings & Data:In this paper we investigate the existence, the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the fuzzy difference equation w_{n+1}=((Aw_{n-1})/(B+Cw_{n-3}^{p})), n∈ℕ₀, where (w_{n}) is a sequence of positive fuzzy numbers, the parameters A, B, C and the initial conditions w₋₃, w₋₂, w₋₁, w₀ are positive fuzzy numbers and p is a positive integer.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this paper we investigate the existence, the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the fuzzy difference equation w_{n+1}=((Aw_{n-1})/(B+Cw_{n-3}^{p})), n∈ℕ₀, where (w_{n}) is a sequence of positive fuzzy numbers, the parameters A, B, C and the initial conditions w₋₃, w₋₂, w₋₁, w₀ are positive fuzzy numbers and p is a positive integer.
In this paper we investigate the existence, the boundedness and the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the fuzzy difference equation w_{n+1}=((Aw_{n-1})/(B+Cw_{n-3}^{p})), n∈ℕ₀, where (w_{n}) is a sequence of positive fuzzy numbers, the parameters A, B, C and the initial conditions w₋₃, w₋₂, w₋₁, w₀ are positive fuzzy numbers and p is a positive integer.
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