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Hausdorff dimension of convex set in ${\bf R}^n$

I wanto know the smoothness of convex set in ${\bf R}^n$. Recall the following definition. Definition : $X$ is a bounded closed convex set in ${\bf R}^n$ if for $x$, $y\in X$, $tx + (1-t)y \in X$ where $0 < t < 1$.

In general $X$ is a convex subset of $Y$ if any two points in $X$ is joined by distance-minimizing geodesic which lies in $X$

Question 1) Does the boundary of $m$-dimensional bounded convex set has dimension $m-1$ ?

Question 2) Is the following opinion is right ?

$(\ast)$ My thought : Let $m\geq 2$. A $(m-1)$-dimensional boundary of a $m$-dimensional bounded closed convex set $X$ is smooth except some $(m-2)$-dimensional set.

The motivation of this is as follows: In some paper, the Hausdorff measure of convex set in $S^{n-1}(1)$ is considered.

That is, in my thought convex set may be a set of noninteger Hausdorff dimension. Am I right ?

If $\ast$ is right, then why does one consider the Hausdorff measure of convex set ?

Thank you in advance.

Hee Kwon Lee
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