%0 Journal Article %T Global behavior of a third order difference equation %A Raafat Abo-zeid %J Tamkang Journal of Mathematics %D 2012 %I Tamkang University %R 10.5556/j.tkjm.43.2012.375-384 %X The aim of this paper is to investigate the global stability and periodic nature of the positive solutions of the difference equation[x_{n+1}=frac{A+Bx_{n-1}}{C+Dx_{n}x_{n-2}},qquad n=0,1,2,ldots] where $A,B$ are nonnegative real numbers and$C, D>0$. %K difference equation %K periodic solution %K globally %U http://journals.math.tku.edu.tw/index.php/TKJM/article/view/801