A uniformly continuous real function on a dense subset of a metric space extends to a uniformly continuous function on the whole space; the extension is unique among continuous functions, and it inherits any modulus and any bound of the original function.
In the setting of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background, let be a metric space, whose open sets form a topology on by The Open Subsets of a Metric Space Form a Topology, and let be nonempty and dense in . For a real-valued function defined on a subset of , being continuous on that subset and being uniformly continuous on that subset are as defined there, taken with respect to the metric and the metric of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background (i) on . Then the following hold.
1. (Existence of a uniformly continuous extension) Let be uniformly continuous on . Then there is a function that is uniformly continuous on and continuous on , and that satisfies for every .
2. (A continuous function is determined on a dense subset) If are continuous on and satisfy for every , then for every .
3. (Moduli pass from a dense subset) Let be continuous on and let be positive. If all with satisfy , then all with satisfy .
4. (Bounds pass from a dense subset) Let be continuous on and let satisfy for every . Then for every .
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