- Research Article
- 10.22436/jmcs.042.03.01
Dynamics of a nonlinear fifth-order system of rational difference equations: solutions and periodicity
- Mar 19, 2026
- Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Lama Sh Aljoufi + 1 more +1
In this paper, we obtain closed-form solutions of the following nonlinear fifth-order system of rational difference equations under four distinct cases: \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} S_{n+1} =\frac{I_{n-1}I_{n-4}}{S_{n-2}\left( \pm1 \pm I_{n-1}I_{n-4}\right) }, \\[10pt] I_{n+1} =\frac{S_{n-1}S_{n-4}}{I_{n-2}\left( \pm1 \pm S_{n-1}S_{n-4}\right) }, \end{array} \right. \] where \(n\) is a non-negative integer, and the initial conditions \(S_{-4},\ S_{-3}, S_{-2}, S_{-1}, S_{0}, I_{-4}, I_{-3}, I_{-2}, I_{-1}\), and \(I_{0}\) are arbitrary nonzero real numbers. We also explore the conditions under which such systems exhibit periodic solutions. An important part of the discussion is the contribution of initial conditions in deciding the overall behavior of such systems. To validate the theoretical results, numerical simulations were performed with different initial values.
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