Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Girish in π?

Yes, Girish is in there, starting at decimal place 716,251.

Girish on the keypad

  1. G4
  2. I4
  3. R7
  4. I4
  5. S7
  6. H4

On a phone, Girish is 447474. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Girish in the digits

Decimal place 716,251. It sits about 716,251 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,380 digits back to leeched
  • 4,839 digits back to Mahatma Gandhi
  • progeny, 1,788 digits on
  • Magnus Carlsen, 3,354 digits on

Nearest of all: leeched, just 1,380 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.

Kick-off to your name: 68.2 football pitches, at a centimetre a digit.

The name race

Number 1,242 of 2,007: Girish beats 38% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Girish

Girish 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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