%0 Journal Article %T The Chetaev Theorem for Ordinary Difference Equations %A Cristian C¨¢rcamo %A Claudio Vidal %J Proyecciones (Antofagasta) %D 2012 %I Universidad Cat¨®lica del Norte %X In this work we obtain necessary conditions for the instability in the Lyapunov sense of equilibrium points of autonomous and non-autonomous difference equations through the adaptation of differential methods and techniques due to Chetaev [3]. %K Lyapunov's stability %K Chetaev's Theorem %K equilibrium solution %K instability %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-09172012000400007