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Given a minimal homeomorphism \(S\) on a compact metric space \(X\) and a positive integer \(p\), instead of asking only for a \(p\)th root of \(S\) one may seek instead a ``\(p\)th proximal root'' --- a minimal \((Y,T)\) such that each minimal set of \((Y,T^p)\) (they are all isomorphic) is proximally equivalent to \((X,S)\) (in that they have a common extension with all fibers consisting of points proximal to one another). If \((Y,T^p)\) is also minimal, then such a \((Y,T)\) is called essential. The authors use Ellis' algebraic theory of minimal sets [\textit{R. Ellis}, Lectures on topological dynamics. New York: W. A. Benjamin (1969; Zbl 0193.51502)] and both the additive and multiplicative structures of the Stone-Čech compactification of \(\mathbb{Z}\) to show that the proximal equivalence classes of the \(p\)th proximal roots of \((X,S)\) are in one-to-one correspondence with the conjugacy classes of certain subgroups of a group determined by \((X,S)\). They also give a necessary and sufficient algebraic condition for the existence of essential \(p\)th proximal roots, study the Ellis groups of these roots in some detail, and remark on the relations of the problem of dynamical considerations such as factors and disjointness. [For the entire collection see Zbl 0701.00011.]