Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ram in π?

Found it: Ram starts at decimal place 288 of π.

Ram on the keypad

  1. R7
  2. A2
  3. M6

Letter by letter, Ram becomes 726 (3 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 288. You'd read about 288 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 269 digits back to Goa
  • PSV Eindhoven, 333 digits on
  • Chennai Super Kings, 342 digits on

Goa is the nearest famous face, 269 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

All 3 digits, present and correct.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 2.9 m of it.

How early is Ram?

Number 32 of 2,007: Ram beats 98% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Ram's neighbours on this list

Keypad twins: Sam. Same digits (726), same place in π.

Ram 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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