We Know that the topological space $Y$ is a compactification of the topological space $X$, if the space $Y$ is compact and hausdorff and $X$ is dense in $Y$. If for a positive integer $n$ we have a compactification $Y$ that $Y-X$ has only $n$ elements, we say that $Y$ is the $n$ point compactification of $X$. I have some Questions about the existence of $n$-point compactification of a space $X$.
If the space $X$ has an $n$-point compactification for $n>1$ is it true that $X$ is locally compact?
We Know that $\mathbb{R}$ has a one point compactification, homeomorphic with the circle. and it has a two point compactification, homeomorphic with the closed interval $[0,1]$. is it true that $\mathbb{R}$ has a three point compactification? if it exists,it is homeomorphic with which well Known topological space? and if the answer is negative, why?