Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Kobe in π?

Found it: Kobe starts at decimal place 9,684 of π.

Spelling Kobe on a phone

  1. K5
  2. O6
  3. B2
  4. E3

Type Kobe on a phone keypad and you get 5623: 4 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 9,684. Roughly 9,684 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 422 digits back to setters
  • 1,282 digits back to China
  • Delhi, 767 digits on
  • Mars, 861 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is setters, 422 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

Your name is 510 pencils away if every digit is a centimetre long.

Among popular names

Kobe turns up earlier than 85% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 297 of the 2,007 we found.

Names close to Kobe

Kobe is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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