Abstract
For a given rational number r, a classical theorem of Niven asserts that if cos ( rπ ) is rational, then cos ( rπ ) ∈ { 0 , ± 1 , ± 1 / 2 } . In this note, we extend Niven's theorem to quadratic irrationalities and present an elementary proof of that.
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