Difference Equations, Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications: ICDEA 23, Timişoara, Romania, July 24-28, 2017

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The book presents the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, ICDEA 2017, held at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, under the auspices of the International Society of Difference Equations (ISDE), July 24 - 28, 2017. It includes new and significant contributions in the field of difference equations, discrete dynamical systems and their applications in various sciences. Disseminating recent studies and related results and promoting advances, the book appeals to PhD students, researchers, educators and practitioners in the field. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Carrying Simplices for Competitive Maps (Stephen Baigent)....Pages 3-29 Comparison of Attractors of Asymptotically Equivalent Difference Equations (Hongyong Cui, Peter E. Kloeden)....Pages 31-50 Global Dynamics of Discrete Dynamical Systems and Difference Equations (Saber Elaydi)....Pages 51-81 Bifurcations in Smooth and Piecewise Smooth Noninvertible Maps (Laura Gardini, Iryna Sushko)....Pages 83-128 Difference Equations Everywhere: Some Motivating Examples (Armengol Gasull)....Pages 129-167 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 On Cubic Difference Equations with Variable Coefficients and Fading Stochastic Perturbations (Ricardo Baccas, Cónall Kelly, Alexandra Rodkina)....Pages 171-197 On Uniform Exponential Splitting of Variational Nonautonomous Difference Equations in Banach Spaces (Larisa Elena Biriş, Traian Ceauşu, Claudia Luminiţa Mihiţ)....Pages 199-213 The Linear Constrained Control Problem for Discrete-Time Systems: Regulation on the Boundaries (George Bitsoris, Sorin Olaru, Marina Vassilaki)....Pages 215-245 Discrete Version of an Optimal Partitioning Problem (Beniamin Bogosel)....Pages 247-256 On (h, k)-Dichotomy of Linear Discrete-Time Systems in Banach Spaces (Violeta Crai, Mirela Aldescu)....Pages 257-271 Existence and Stability Properties of Almost Periodic Solutions in Discrete Almost Periodic Systems (Yoshihiro Hamaya)....Pages 273-283 A Hilbert Space Approach to Difference Equations (Konrad Kitzing, Rainer Picard, Stefan Siegmund, Sascha Trostorff, Marcus Waurick)....Pages 285-307 Global Behavior of Some Nonautonomous Delay Difference Equations (Vlajko L. Kocic)....Pages 309-331 The Convergence of a Sequence of Iterated Polygons: A Discrete Combinatorial Analysis (Maria Mălin, Ionel Rovenţa, Mihai Tudor)....Pages 333-349 On Splitting with Different Growth Rates for Linear Discrete-Time Systems in Banach Spaces (Mihail Megan, Claudia Luminiţa Mihiţ, Raluca Lolea)....Pages 351-368 Lyapunov Functionals and Stability in Finite Delays Difference Equations (Youssef N. Raffoul)....Pages 369-382