On global asymptotic stability of nonlinear higher-order difference equations

In this paper, we generalize the main theorem of Liz and Ferreiro [E. Liz, J.B. Ferreiro, A note on the global stability of generalized difference equations, Appl. Math. Lett. 15 (2002) 655–659] and some other global stability results for nonautonomous higher-order difference equations to the case when contraction-type steps are incorporated together with the steps when the difference sequence can increase.The relation to the θθ-method for discretization of delay equations is discussed, and some sufficient stability conditions for the numerical scheme are deduced.Several examples are presented to demonstrate sharpness and applications of the results.