Let θ > 0 and α ≠ 0 be real numbers, and let θ be irrational. Khintchine has shown, by the use of continued fractions, that there is an infinite number of pairs of positive integers (p, q) which satisfy the inequalityfor any given K > 5−½; and, more recently, Jogin has shown the same is still true with K = 5−½. The condition that p and q shall be positive is, of course, essential, as otherwise there is the classical result K = ¼ due to Minkowski.