/- Copyright (c) 2022 Yury Kudryashov. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Yury Kudryashov -/ import analysis.convex.star import topology.homotopy.contractible /-! # A convex set is contractible In this file we prove that a (star) convex set in a real topological vector space is a contractible topological space. -/ variables {E : Type*} [add_comm_group E] [module ℝ E] [topological_space E] [has_continuous_add E] [has_continuous_smul ℝ E] {s : set E} {x : E} /-- A non-empty star convex set is a contractible space. -/ protected lemma star_convex.contractible_space (h : star_convex ℝ x s) (hne : s.nonempty) : contractible_space s := begin refine (contractible_iff_id_nullhomotopic _).2 ⟨⟨x, h.mem hne⟩, ⟨⟨⟨λ p, ⟨p.1.1 • x + (1 - p.1.1) • p.2, _⟩, _⟩, λ x, _, λ x, _⟩⟩⟩, { exact h p.2.2 p.1.2.1 (sub_nonneg.2 p.1.2.2) (add_sub_cancel'_right _ _) }, { exact continuous_subtype_mk _ (((continuous_subtype_val.comp continuous_fst).smul continuous_const).add ((continuous_const.sub $ continuous_subtype_val.comp continuous_fst).smul (continuous_subtype_val.comp continuous_snd))) }, { ext1, simp }, { ext1, simp } end /-- A non-empty convex set is a contractible space. -/ protected lemma convex.contractible_space (hs : convex ℝ s) (hne : s.nonempty) : contractible_space s := let ⟨x, hx⟩ := hne in (hs.star_convex hx).contractible_space hne @[priority 100] instance real_topological_vector_space.contractible_space : contractible_space E := (homeomorph.set.univ E).contractible_space_iff.mp $ convex_univ.contractible_space set.univ_nonempty