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:<math> \left | q \alpha -p \right | \le \frac{1}{N+1} </math>
 
This is a foundational result in [[diophantineDiophantine approximation]], showing that any real number has a sequence of good rational approximations: in fact an immediate consequence is that for a given irrational α, the inequality
 
:<math> \left | \alpha -\frac{p}{q} \right | < \frac{1}{q^2} </math>