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===A property of the golden ratio φ===
Because the continued fraction expansion for [[golden ratio|φ]] doesn't use any integers greater than 1, φ is one of the most "difficult" real numbers to approximate with rational numbers. [[Hurwitz's theorem (number theory)|Hurwitz's theorem]]{{sfn|Hardy|Wright|2008|loc=Theorem 193}} states that any irrational number {{mvar|k}} can be approximated by infinitely many rational {{sfrac|''m''|''n''}} with

:<math>\left| k - {m \over n}\right| < {1 \over n^2 \sqrt 5}.</math>

While virtually all real numbers {{mvar|k}} will eventually have infinitely many convergents {{sfrac|''m''|''n''}} whose distance from {{mvar|k}} is significantly smaller than this limit, the convergents for φ (i.e., the numbers {{sfrac|5|3}}, {{sfrac|8|5}}, {{sfrac|13|8}}, {{sfrac|21|13}}, etc.) consistently "toe the boundary", keeping a distance of almost exactly <math>{\scriptstyle{1 \over n^2 \sqrt 5}}</math> away from φ, thus never producing an approximation nearly as impressive as, for example, [[Milü|{{sfrac|355|113}}]] for [[pi|{{pi}}]]. It can also be shown that every real number of the form {{sfrac|''a'' + ''b''φ|''c'' + ''d''φ}}, where {{mvar|a}}, {{mvar|b}}, {{mvar|c}}, and {{mvar|d}} are integers such that {{math|1=''a'' ''d'' − ''b'' ''c'' = ±1}}, shares this property with the golden ratio φ; and that all other real numbers can be more closely approximated.