Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Anil in π?

Found it: Anil starts at decimal place 1,977 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. A2
  2. N6
  3. I4
  4. L5

Letter by letter, Anil becomes 2645 (4 digits).

Anil in the digits

Decimal place 1,977. You'd read about 1,977 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 152 digits back to Pune
  • 181 digits back to François Viète
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 162 digits on
  • Bukayo Saka, 266 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Pune, 152 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name lives 1,977 digits into π. Cosy neighbourhood!

A digit a second, no breaks: 33 minutes to reach your name.

The name race

In the race through π, Anil comes in at number 125 of 2,007, ahead of 93% of the 2,007 names.

Anil's neighbours on this list

Anil made our hand-picked list of popular Indian names.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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