It has been proved recently that the two-direction refinement equation of the form $f\left(x\right)={\sum }_{n\in }{c}_{n,1}f(kx-n)+{\sum }_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}{c}_{n,-1}f(-kx-n)$ can be used in wavelet theory for constructing two-direction wavelets, biorthogonal wavelets, wavelet packages, wavelet frames and others. The two-direction refinement equation generalizes the classical refinement equation $f\left(x\right)={\sum }_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}cₙf(kx-n)$, which has been used in many areas of mathematics with important applications. The following continuous extension of the classical refinement equation $f\left(x\right)={\int }_{ℝ}c\left(y\right)f(kx-y)dy$ has also various interesting applications....

The existence of a unique $C^1$ solution φ of equation (1) is proved under the condition that f: I → I is convex or concave and of class $C^1$ in I, 0 < f(x) < x in I*, and f’(x) > 0 in I. Here I = [0, a] or [0, a), 0 < a ≤ ∞, and I* = I 0.