Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Kartik in π?

Yes! Kartik first turns up at decimal place 272,651.

Kartik on the keypad

  1. K5
  2. A2
  3. R7
  4. T8
  5. I4
  6. K5

On a phone, Kartik is 527845. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 272,651. It sits about 272,651 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 1,860 digits back to poplars
  • 2,398 digits back to angular
  • quitter, 788 digits on
  • reached, 1,125 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is quitter, 788 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

π wrote 272,651 digits before it got round to you. Worth the wait!

Your famous neighbours: poplars on the left, quitter on the right. Wave hello!

How early is Kartik?

Number 1,027 of 2,007: Kartik beats 48% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Kartik

Kartik 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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