Parrondo's paradox for homeomorphisms

Abstract

We construct two planar homeomorphisms $f$ and $g$ for which the origin is a globally asymptotically stable fixed point whereas for $f \circ g$ and $g \circ f$ the origin is a global repeller. Furthermore, the origin remains a global repeller for the iterated function system generated by $f$ and $g$ where each of the maps appears with a certain probability. This planar construction is also extended to any dimension greater than 2 and proves for first time the appearance of the Parrondo's dynamical paradox in odd dimensions.