For the travelling wave , continuity gives . The upstream state fixes the constant as , hence
Substituting in momentum yields
so
A constant downstream state requires . The positive square-root choice would give , so the upstream-moving wave uses . Thus
The downstream flow reverses. Where the numerator is positive in , a smooth increasing profile requires a positive denominator. Its minimum occurs at , giving
Equality does not give the prescribed asymptotic upstream state: cancellation of the two simple zeros at leaves a nonzero slope there. For the strict inequality, separation of variables constructs the monotone profile whenever the numerator remains positive between its endpoint zeros.
There is an additional restriction hidden in the printed positivity hint. Put and . Since , the potentially vanishing factor of the numerator is
The other factor, , is positive for . Therefore the asserted positivity throughout holds precisely for , that is . For , the zero at intervenes before , preventing the requested monotone connection. For example , , gives . Thus the smooth upstream tidal-wave admissibility conditions are
At the downstream zero is double, giving an algebraic approach; below four the endpoint approaches are exponential. The displayed Froude number bound is the requested necessary condition, with the source's missing amplitude qualification made explicit.