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In mathematics, a '''radially unbounded function''' is a function <math>f: \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}</math> for which <ref name="Terrell2009">{{Citation | last1=Terrell | first1=William J. | title=Stability and stabilization | publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] | isbn=978-0-691-13444-4 |mr=2482799 | year=2009}}</ref>

:<math>\|x\| \to \infty \Rightarrow f(x) \to \infty. \, </math>

Such functions are applied in [[control theory]] and required in [[Mathematical_optimization|optmization]] for determination of [[compact_space|compact spaces]].

Notice that the norm used in the definition can be any norm defined on <math> \mathbb{R}^n </math>, and that the behavior of the function along the axes does not necessarily reveal that it is radially unbounded or not; i.e. to be radially unbounded the condition must be verified along any path that results in:

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==References==

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*{{Citation | last1=Terrell | first1=William J. | title=Stability and stabilization | publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] | isbn=978-0-691-13444-4 |mr=2482799 | year=2009}}

[[Category:Real analysis]]