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Dirichlet’s Approximation Theorem

Dirichlet's Approximation Theorem states that for any real number α\alphaα and any integer n>0n > 0n>0, there exist infinitely many rational numbers pq\frac{p}{q}qp​ such that the absolute difference between α\alphaα and pq\frac{p}{q}qp​ is less than 1nq\frac{1}{nq}nq1​. More formally, if we denote the distance between α\alphaα and the fraction pq\frac{p}{q}qp​ as ∣α−pq∣| \alpha - \frac{p}{q} |∣α−qp​∣, the theorem asserts that:

∣α−pq∣<1nq| \alpha - \frac{p}{q} | < \frac{1}{nq}∣α−qp​∣<nq1​

This means that for any level of precision determined by nnn, we can find rational approximations that get arbitrarily close to the real number α\alphaα. The significance of this theorem lies in its implications for number theory and the understanding of how well real numbers can be approximated by rational numbers, which is fundamental in various applications, including continued fractions and Diophantine approximation.

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