# can $\sin(n)$ be arbitrary small?

I know that $\lim_{n\to\infty}\sin(n)$ does not exist. But can $\sin(n)$ be arbitrary small? More formally: Let $\varepsilon>0$. Is there exist a positive integer $n$ such that $|\sin(n)|<\varepsilon$ ?

• You can prove that $\underset{n\to \infty}{\lim}\sin(n)$ is dense on it's value space meaning it will assume values arbitrarily close to any value that it takes. I think Jack has the details of what is required for that, I don't remember them right now. – mathreadler Aug 2 '17 at 7:33
• @TheSubstitute, he mentioned $n$ is an integer (Otherwise, trivial) – Covvar Aug 2 '17 at 7:37
• Would you guys please look up the meaning of "positive integer $n$"? It's written clearly enough in the question. So $n$ is neither continuous not passing through $0$. – Professor Vector Aug 2 '17 at 7:38

Weyl's equidistribution theorem implies that the fractional part of $M\pi$ is uniformly distributed in $(0,1)$.
Thus if $M\pi = n + f$ with $f \to 0$, then $f \gt \sin f= |\sin(M\pi -f)| = |\sin(n)|$
This shows that $|\sin(n)|$ can get arbitrarily close, infinitely often to any value in $(0, \sin 1)$.
Because the zeros of $\sin$ are the elements of $\pi\mathbb{Z}$ and $\sin$ is continuous, your question is equivalent to have for every $\epsilon>0$ positive integers $p$ and $q$ with $|q\pi-p|\leq \epsilon$. But this is possible by Dirichlet's approximation theorem.