$f:(X,d_X)\rightarrow (Y,d_Y)$ isometry then $f(x)=g(x)$ for $x\in\Omega\subset X$ dense, $g: X\rightarrow Y$?

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Let $(X,d_X)$ be a metric space and $\Omega\subset X$ be dense. Let $(Y,d_Y)$ be a complete metric space and $f:\Omega\rightarrow X$ such that $d_Y(f(x_1),f(x_2))=d_X(x_1,x_2)$.

Why do we get a map $g: X\to Y$ sucht that $d_Y(g(x_1),g(x_2))=d_X(x_1,x_2)$ and $g(x)=f(x)$ for any $x\in\Omega$?

I've tried to consider sequences $x_n\rightarrow x$ and $y_n\rightarrow y$. Can we get $d_X(x_n,y_n)\rightarrow d_X(x,y)$ and how does it proof my question above?

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Here's a construction of $g$.

If $x\in X$, let $g(x)=f(x)$.

If $x\in X\setminus \Omega$, consider $x_n\in \Omega^\mathbb N$ such that $x_n\to x$. Since $d_Y(f(x_n),f(x_m))=d_X(x_n,x_m)$ and $(x_n)$ is Cauchy, the sequence $f(x_n)$ is Cauchy as well, hence convergent to some $l\in Y$.

Now consider some other $y_n\in \Omega^\mathbb N$ such that $y_n\to x$. From the same previous argument, $f(y_n)$ converges to some $l'\in Y$.

In order to properly define $g$, we need to prove that $l=l'$. Consider the sequence $z_n$ such that $z_{2n}=x_n$ and $z_{2n+1}=y_n$. It's easy to prove that $z_n$ converges to $x$, hence $f(z_n)$ converges to some $l''\in Y$. Note that $f(z_{2n})$ converges to $l$ and $f(z_{2n+1})$ converges to $l'$. Hence $l=l'=l''$. We can therefore define $g(x)=\lim_n f(x_n)$.

Now use the continuity of $d_Y$ to prove that $d_Y(g(x_1),g(x_2))=d_X(x_1,x_2)$/

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For $x \in X$, pick a sequence $x_n \rightarrow x$, where all $x_n \in \Omega$, by dense-ness. The image sequence $f(x_n)$ is Cauchy in $(Y,d_Y)$ (as $f$ is an isometry on $\Omega$, and convergent sequences are Cauchy). So it has a limit $y$.

If we'd have picked another sequence $x'_n$ converging to $n$, show that $f(x'_n)$ also converges to the same $y$. Do this by considering the alternating mixed sequence of $x_n$ and $x'_n$.

So we can define $y = g(x)$. Using constant sequences, it's clear that $f$ and $g$ agree on $\Omega$. Now show continuity of $g$ by showing it's still an isometry. This can be shown using the fact that the metric is a continuous function on a metric space, essentially.