Random interval homeomorphisms (Q482157)

Let \(\Omega\) be a space with probability measure \(\mu\). The authors consider skew products \(G:\Omega \times [0,1]\to \Omega \times [0,1]\) of the form \(G(\theta, x)=(R(\theta), g_\theta(x))\), where \(R:\Omega \to \Omega\) is an invertible map for which \(\mu\) is invariant and ergodic and the maps \(g_\theta:[0,1]\to[0,1]\) are orientation-preserving homeomorphisms. \(G\) is essentially contracting if for almost all \(\theta\) and any \(x,y\in (0,1)\) the distance \(|\pi_2(G^n(\theta,x))-\pi_2(G^n(\theta,y))|\) goes to \(0\) for \(n\to \infty\). For \(G\) essentially contracting with attracting levels 0 and 1, it is shown, under some additional assumptions, that ``the common boundary of the basins of attraction of the levels 0 and 1 as the time goes to \(-\infty\) is both a forward and a pullback attractor for the system''. The assumptions are shown to be valid for a one-parameter family of random homeomorphisms of an interval where the base is a Bernoulli shift and the corresponding homeomorphisms are piecewise linear. The results can be used also for general random systems of interval homeomorphisms.