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Diophantine Approximation and Horocyclic Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. A. Rankin
R. A. Rankin*
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The University Glasgow
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1. Introduction. Let ω be an irrational number. It is well known that there exists a positive real number h such that the inequality

(1)

has infinitely many solutions in coprime integers a and c. A theorem of Hurwitz asserts that the set of all such numbers h is a closed set with supremum √5. Various proofs of these results are known, among them one by Ford (1), in which he makes use of properties of the modular group. This approach suggests the following generalization.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 9 , 1957 , pp. 277 - 290
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1957

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