Existence of a basin point for every finite cycle

Consider the three difference equations referred to in the source as Eqs. (1)(1), (8)(8) and (9)(9), including the equation

zn+1=αzn+βzn1.z_{n+1}=\frac{\alpha}{z_n}+\frac{\beta}{z_{n-1}}.

A finite-length cycle means a cycle of finite period, when such a cycle exists. Cycle-convergence conjecture. For every finite-length cycle of any of these three difference equations, there exists at least one solution that converges to the cycle. The conjecture proposes the existence of at least one point in the basin of attraction of every finite cycle, without asserting that the cycle is attracting for all nearby or all initial conditions.

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Sk. Sarif Hassan and Pallab Basu, “Complex Dynamics of the Difference Equation z_n+1=αz_n+ βz_n-1”, arXiv:1502.06469 (2014).

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