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Contractible real analytic varieties

If a real analytic variety $V$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ is both bounded and contractible, is it true that $V$ must be a single point?

This is certainly true if $V$ is a compact real analytic manifold (without boundary). But what about varieties that are not manifolds? Answers in other settings (complex analytic varieties or real algebraic varieties) would be interesting too.

Brian Lins
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