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Difference equations usually describe the evolution of certain phenomena over the course of time. For example, if a certain population has discrete generations, the size of the (n + 1)st generation x(n + 1) is a function of the nth generation x(n). This relation expresses itself in the difference equation
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Elaydi, S.N. (1999). Dynamics of First-Order Difference Equations. In: An Introduction to Difference Equations. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3110-1_1
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