Global stability in n-dimensional discrete Lotka-Volterra predator-prey models

There are few theoretical works on global stability of Euler difference schemes for two-dimensional Lotka-Volterra predator-prey models. Furthermore no attempt is made to show that the Euler schemes have positive solutions. In this paper, we consider Euler difference schemes for both the two-dimensional models and n-dimensional models that are a generalization of the two-dimensional models. It is first shown that the difference schemes have positive solutions and equilibrium points which are globally asymptotically stable in the two-dimensional cases. The approaches used in the two-dimensional models are extended to the n-dimensional models for obtaining the positivity and the global stability. Numerical examples are presented to verify the results.