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According to a theorem of Liouville [6], in 1844, if θ is an algebraic number of degree n > 1, then any approximation by rationals, p/q has the property.

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Nishioka, K. (1990). Algebraic Independence of Certain Power Series. In: Goldstein, C. (eds) Séminaire de Théorie des Nombres, Paris 1987–88. Progress in Mathematics, vol 22. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5788-2_10

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