The non-iterates are dense in the space of continuous self-maps

Abstract: In this paper we develop a tool to identify functions which have no iterative roots of any order. Using this, we prove that when

X

is

[0, 1]^{m}

,

m a t h b b R^{m}

or

S^{1}

, every non-empty open set of the space

m a t h c a l C (X)

of continuous self-maps on

X

endowed with the compact-open topology contains a map that does not have even discontinuous iterative roots of order

n g e 2

. This, in particular, proves that the complement of

f^{n} : f i n m a t h c a l C (X) e x t a n d n g e 2

, the set of non-iterates, is dense in

m a t h c a l C (X)

for these

X

.

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