Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Rakesh in π?

Yes! Rakesh first turns up at decimal place 2,192,850.

Spelling Rakesh on a phone

  1. R7
  2. A2
  3. K5
  4. E3
  5. S7
  6. H4

On a phone, Rakesh is 725374. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 2,192,850. It sits about 2.2 million digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,065 digits back to details
  • 4,262 digits back to fission
  • cradled, 1,435 digits on
  • salutes, 1,890 digits on

details is the nearest famous face, 1,065 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 21.9 km long.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Rakesh comes in at number 1,481 of 2,007, ahead of 26% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Rakesh

Rakesh shares all of its digits (725374) with Rajesh.

Rakesh 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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