Theorem
Unbounded values approaching a point prevent continuous extension
Growth along a converging space-time sequence contradicts continuity at its limit point.
Statement
Let be a function with values in a finite-dimensional normed space. If points in its domain satisfy
then has no continuous extension to a neighborhood of agreeing with its original values.
Proof and comparison use
Continuity of an extension would give , a finite value. Equivalently, a continuous extension is bounded on a sufficiently small compact neighborhood. Thus a divergent sequence inside that neighborhood is impossible.
If a uniqueness theorem forces a proposed extension or competing solution to agree with before , the same sequence rules out that competitor. The uniqueness statement and its hypotheses must be supplied separately. The spatial points must remain near a finite point; growth only along points escaping to infinity gives no such local contradiction.