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Is $Iso(V)$ a deformation retract of $GL(V)$ when $V$ is a finite dimensional linear normed space

Assume that $V$ is a finite dimensional real or complex normed linear space. Let $Iso(V)\subset GL(V)\subset L(V)$ be the space of linear isometric endomorphisms, invertible endomorphism and linear endomorphisms on $V$. These space have their natural topologies,

Is $Iso(V)$ a deformation retract of $GL(V)$?

Ali Taghavi
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