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If $Y$ is a subset of topological vector space $X$ and is compact and convex show that $\overline{Y^\circ} = \overline{Y}$ and $\overline{Y}^\circ = Y^\circ$.

I tried this way but I am not sure:

$Y$ is compact so $Y = \overline{Y}$. Then it follows that $Y^\circ = (Y)^\circ = (\overline{Y})^\circ$. And for another I stuck so could some help.

One more thing: What happens if $Y$ is not compact and convex the proof is true for this case too.

This is not a homework question.

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    Y is compact. This does NOT imply that Y is closed, so your atempt to proof this theorem is not ok from the starting point on.2012-11-30
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    @Fant could you help me to solve this2012-11-30
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    @motu: Is a topological vector space assumed to be Hausdorff?2012-11-30
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    @NilsMatthes what u mean2012-11-30
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    A topological vector space is, in almost all applications, assumed to be Hausdorff, so in that case $Y$ compact does imply $Y$ closed, if I recall my general topology right.2012-11-30
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    @ChristopherA.Wong so could you show me a way2012-11-30
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    @motu: Which part of my question is not clear? Do you know what "Hausdorff" means in the context of topological spaces? The reason I ask this is that in a Hausdorff space every compact set is closed, as was already remarked by Christopher.2012-11-30
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    $[0,1]\times\{0\}$ is a compact and convex subset of $\mathbb R^2$, but its interior is empty.2012-12-01
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    @JonasMeyer Game over. Or $Y=\{0\}$ in $\mathbb R$.2012-12-01
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    @NilsMatthes of course but still i am not clear but i found this is true from prop 1.2.6 from pedersen's analysis now. any way can some one give me the solution2012-12-01

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Both parts (under the assumption of nonempty interior, which was pointed out in comments) follow from the more general statement:

Suppose $Y\subseteq X$ is convex with nonempty interior. Then $\operatorname{int}(Y)$ is dense in $Y$, and $\operatorname{int}(Y^c)$ is dense in $Y^c$.

Proof. If $a\in Y$ and $b\in \operatorname{int}(Y)$, then for any $t\in (0,1)$ we have $ta+(1-t)b\in \operatorname{int}(Y)$, considering the convex combinations of $a$ with neighbors of $b$.

Similarly, if $a\notin Y$, then there is an open half-space disjoint from $Y$ on whose boundary $a$ lies. Pick a point $b$ from this half-space and argue that $ta+(1-t)b\in \operatorname{int}(Y^c)$ as above. $\quad\Box$

Thus, if $Y$ is closed then $\overline{\operatorname{int}(Y)}=Y$. And if $a$ is not an interior point of $Y$, then it's not an interior point of $\overline{Y}$ either.

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Of course, as previously mentioned in the above comments, the condition that $Y^\circ$ is non-empty is needed. In this case $Y$ need not be compact. You can find the proof in Holmes's "Geometric functional analysis ..." book on p. 59.

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    Do you have a link of this book if please give me link2012-12-03
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    Holmes, Richard B. Geometric functional analysis and its applications. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, No. 24. Springer-Verlag, New York-Heidelberg, 1975. x+246 pp.2012-12-03