On the existence of bounded solutions for nonlinear second order neutral difference equations

\noindent Using the techniques connected with the measure of noncompactness we investigate the neutral difference equation of the following form \begin{equation*} \Delta \left(r_{n}\left(\Delta \left(x_{n}+p_{n}x_{n-k}\right) \right) ^{\gamma}\right) +q_{n}x_{n}^{\alpha}+a_{n}f(x_{n})=0. \end{equation*}% where $x:{\mathbb{N}}_{0}\rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}$, $a,p,q:{\mathbb{N}}%_{0}\rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}$, $r:{\mathbb{N}}_{0}\rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}% \setminus \{0\}$, $f\colon {\mathbb{R}}\rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}$ is a continuous function, and $k$ is a given positive integer, $\gamma \leq 1$ is ratio of odd positive integers, $\alpha $ is a nonnegative constant. %$\sum a_{n}\left(t\right)$ converges uniformly on ${\mathbb{R}}$. %Here $\bN_0\colon =\left\{0,1,2, \dots \right\}$ and $\bN_k \colon = \left\{k, k+1, -k+2, \dots \right\}$ where $k$ is a given positive integer. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a bounded solution are obtained. Also a special type of stability and asymptotic stability are studied. Some earlier results are generalized. We note that the solution which we obtain does not directly correspond to a fixed point of a certain continuous operator since it is partially iterated. The method which we develop allows for considering through techniques connected with the measure of noncompactness also difference equations with memory. {\small \textbf{Keywords} Difference equation, measures of noncompactness, Darbo's fixed point theorem, boundedness, stability} {\small \textbf{AMS Subject classification} 39A10, 39A22, 39A30}