We give an explicit example of a compact convex set without relative interior. Moreover, we show that a Banach space in which every nonempty compact convex subset has nonempty relative interior is finite dimensional. The relation between several close variants of the notion of relative interior is discussed. Finally, we generalize the Borwein-Lewis theorem on the existence of quasi relative interior.

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Lu Yu

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR 8074, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France

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L. Yu. “Notions of Relative Interior for Compact Convex Sets.” Journal of Convex Analysis 33 (2026), No. 1&2, 197–206.