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Extension of a Uniformly Continuous Real Function from a Dense Subset

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Reason: Initial publication: extension of a uniformly continuous real function from a dense subset of a metric space, with uniqueness among continuous functions and the passage of moduli and bounds. · 1,783 chars · 6 deps · depth 11

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.

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In the setting of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background, let (X,d)(X,d) be a metric space, whose open sets form a topology Td\mathcal{T}_{d} on XX by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology, and let SXS\subseteq X be nonempty and dense in (X,Td)(X,\mathcal{T}_{d}). For a real-valued function defined on a subset of XX, being continuous on that subset and being uniformly continuous on that subset are as defined there, taken with respect to the metric dd and the metric dRd_{\mathbb{R}} of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background §numbers on R\mathbb{R}. Then the following hold.

1. (Existence of a uniformly continuous extension) Let f:SRf:S\to\mathbb{R} be uniformly continuous on SS. Then there is a function g:XRg:X\to\mathbb{R} that is uniformly continuous on XX and continuous on XX, and that satisfies g(x)=f(x)g(x)=f(x) for every xSx\in S.

2. (A continuous function is determined on a dense subset) If g1,g2:XRg_{1},g_{2}:X\to\mathbb{R} are continuous on XX and satisfy g1(x)=g2(x)g_{1}(x)=g_{2}(x) for every xSx\in S, then g1(x)=g2(x)g_{1}(x)=g_{2}(x) for every xXx\in X.

3. (Moduli pass from a dense subset) Let g:XRg:X\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on XX and let ε,θR\varepsilon,\theta\in\mathbb{R} be positive. If all x,ySx,y\in S with d(x,y)θd(x,y)\le\theta satisfy g(x)g(y)ε|g(x)-g(y)|\le\varepsilon, then all x,yXx,y\in X with d(x,y)<θd(x,y)<\theta satisfy g(x)g(y)ε|g(x)-g(y)|\le\varepsilon.

4. (Bounds pass from a dense subset) Let g:XRg:X\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on XX and let CRC\in\mathbb{R} satisfy g(x)C|g(x)|\le C for every xSx\in S. Then g(x)C|g(x)|\le C for every xXx\in X.

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