Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ahmed in π?

Yes! Ahmed first turns up at decimal place 246,522.

From letters to digits

  1. A2
  2. H4
  3. M6
  4. E3
  5. D3

Type Ahmed on a phone keypad and you get 24633: 5 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 246,522. Roughly 246,522 digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 155 digits back to twinges
  • 226 digits back to ripened
  • dulling, 1,730 digits on
  • fulling, 1,730 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is twinges, 155 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

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

That's 8,217 pizzas long at one digit per centimetre. Pizza party!

How early is Ahmed?

In the race through π, Ahmed comes in at number 996 of 2,007, ahead of 50% of the 2,007 names.

Ahmed's neighbours on this list

Same digits, different name: Aimee, also 24633 on a phone.

Ahmed 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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