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The Beverton-Holt q-Difference Equation with Periodic Growth Rate
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
  • Martin Bohner, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Sabrina H. Streipert
Abstract

In this paper, we study the Beverton-Holt equation with periodic inherent growth rate and periodic carrying capacity in the quantum calculus time setting. After a brief introduction to quantum calculus, we solve the Beverton-Holt q-difference equation using the logistic transformation. This leads to a linear q-difference equation where the solution is obtained using variation of parameters. The analysis of the solution aids our investigation of the first and second Cushing-Henson conjectures under the assumption of a periodic growth rate and a periodic carrying capacity. The first Cushing-Henson conjecture holds in the classical sense, which guarantees the existence of a unique periodic solution which is globally attractive. The analysis of the average of the unique periodic solution of the Beverton-Holt q-difference equation yields formulations of modified second Cushing-Henson conjectures.

Meeting Name
20th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, ICDEA 2014 (2014: Jul. 21-25, Wuhan, China)
Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords and Phrases
  • Calculations,
  • Dynamical systems,
  • Growth rate,
  • Jensen inequality,
  • Logistic transformation,
  • Periodic solution,
  • Q-difference equation,
  • Quantum calculus,
  • Variation of Parameters,
  • Difference equations,
  • Beverton-Holt,
  • Cushing-Henson conjecture,
  • Jensen inequality,
  • Periodic solution,
  • Quantum calculus
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-3-319-24745-8
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
7-1-2015
Publication Date
01 Jul 2015
Citation Information
Martin Bohner and Sabrina H. Streipert. "The Beverton-Holt q-Difference Equation with Periodic Growth Rate" Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics Vol. 150 (2015) p. 3 - 14 ISSN: 2194-1009
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/martin-bohner/183/