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A new function is constructed on the space of compact, convex sets which has all the standard properties of the Steiner point except for continuity.
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Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF GP 19428).
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Sallee, G.T. A non-continuous “steiner point”. Israel J. Math. 10, 1–5 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02771514
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