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In [[number theory]], '''[[Dirichlet]]'s theorem on [[Diophantine approximation]]''', also called '''Dirichlet's approximation theorem''', states that for any nonzero [[real number]] α and any [[positive integer]] ''N'', there exists integers ''p'' and ''q'' such that 1 ≤ ''q'' ≤ ''N'' and

:<math> \left | q \alpha -p \right | \le \frac{1}{N+1} </math>