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Let I be an interval. We consider the non-monotonic convex self-mappings \(f:I\rightarrow I\) such that \(f^2\) is convex. They have the property that all iterates \(f^n\) are convex. In the class of these mappings we study three families of functions possessing convex iterative roots. A function f is said to be iteratively convex if f possesses convex iterative roots of all orders. A mapping f is said to be dyadically convex if for every \(n\ge 2\) there exists a convex iterative root \(f^{1/2^n}\) of order \(2^n\) and the sequence \(\{f^{1/2^n}\}\) satisfies the condition of compatibility, that is \( f^{1/2^n}\circ f^{1/2^n}= f^{1/2^{n-1}}.\) A function f is said to be flowly convex if it possesses a convex semi-flow of f, that is a family of convex functions \(\{f^t,t>0\}\) such that \(f^t\circ f^s=f^{t+s}, \ \ t,s >0\) and \(f^1=f\). We show the relations among these three types of convexity and we determine all convex iterative roots of non-monotonic functions.
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Zdun, M.C. On convex iterative roots of non-monotonic mappings. Aequat. Math. 91, 785–800 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-017-0483-x
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