Approximation by Rationals
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This Demonstration illustrates that any real number can be approximated by a rational number to within an error equal to half its denominator. In symbols, for any real and natural number , there is a natural number such that .
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Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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