## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### On the Periodicity of Some Classes of Systems of Nonlinear Difference Equations

#### Abstract

Some classes of systems of difference equations whose all well-defined solutions are periodic are presented in this note.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 982378, 6 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 26 March 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1395858039

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2014/982378

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3166677

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07023450

#### Citation

Stević, Stevo; Alghamdi, Mohammed A.; Maturi, Dalal A.; Shahzad, Naseer. On the Periodicity of Some Classes of Systems of Nonlinear Difference Equations. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 982378, 6 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/982378. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1395858039

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