Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Eli in π?

Found it: Eli starts at decimal place 699 of π.

Spelling Eli on a phone

  1. E3
  2. L5
  3. I4

Letter by letter, Eli becomes 354 (3 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 699. You'd read about 699 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 69 digits back to Chennai Super Kings
  • 78 digits back to PSV Eindhoven
  • Paris Saint-Germain, 40 digits on
  • BTS, 212 digits on

Nearest of all: Paris Saint-Germain, just 40 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Name found! π has been carrying it around for ages.

If every digit were a centimetre, you'd pass 23.3 pizzas on the way to you.

How early is Eli?

Number 65 of 2,007: Eli beats 96% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Eli's neighbours on this list

Eli made our list from the US baby-name charts.

See every name

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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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