For a given positive irrationaland a real t ∈ [0,1), the explicit
construction of a sequence of positive
integers, such that the sequence of fractional parts of products converges towards t, is given. Moreover, a constructive and quantitative demonstration
of the well known fact, that the ranges of the functions cos and sin are dense
in the interval [-1,1], is presented. More precisely,
for any α ∈ R, a sequence of positive integers is constructed explicitly
in such a way that the estimate holds true for any j ∈ N. The technique used in
the paper can give more general results, e.g. by replacing sine or cosine with
continuous function f: R→R having an irrational period.
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