Does there exists a positive irrational number such that there are at most finite positive integers satisfy that for any integer
Solution
To determine whether there exists a positive irrational number such that there are at most finitely many positive integers satisfying the condition that for any integer , , we proceed as follows:
Assume for contradiction that there exists such an . This would imply that there exists a positive integer such that for all , the inequality holds. However, by Dirichlet's approximation theorem, for any irrational number and any positive integer , there exists an integer such that and . This contradicts our assumption.
Therefore, no such positive irrational number exists.
The answer is: \boxed{\text{No}}.
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