| Article ID: | iaor20061362 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 53 |
| End Page Number: | 61 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Journal: | Orion |
| Authors: | Wet P.O. de |
| Keywords: | Steiner problem |
The rectilinear Steiner ratio was shown to be 3/2 by Hwang. We use continuity and introduce restricted point sets to obtain an alternative, short and self-contained proof of this result.