A GLOBAL BEHAVIOR OF THE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS OF xn+1=βxn+ xn-2 ⁄ A+Bxn + xn-2

In this paper we prove that every positive solution of the third order rational difference equation $$x_{n+1}\;=\;\frac{{\beta}x_n\;+\;x_{n-2}}{A\;+\;Bx_n\;+\;x_{n-2}}$ converges to the positive equilibrium point $$\bar{x}\;=\;\frac{{\beta}\;+\;1\;-\;A}{B\;+\;1}$, where $0\;<\;{\beta}\;{\leq}\;B$, $1\;<\;A\;<\;{\beta}\;+\;1$