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Can every contractible space be embedded as a convex subset of a vector space?

Given a contractible topological space $X$, is there (or what are some conditions for the existence of) a continuous embedding $\iota:X\hookrightarrow V$ into some topological vector space $V$ such ...
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Closure of the interior of a convex set in a topological vector space

Let $C$ be a convex set with nonempty interior in a topological vector space. Do we always have : $\overline {C^\circ} = \overline{C}$ ? If not, what is the "minimal" condition on the space so that ...
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