Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Alex in π?

Yes, Alex is in there, starting at decimal place 10,874.

From letters to digits

  1. A2
  2. L5
  3. E3
  4. X9

On a phone, Alex is 2539. That's the 4-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 10,874. It sits about 10,874 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 204 digits back to MS Dhoni
  • 329 digits back to Mars
  • frenzied, 13 digits on
  • Lima, 41 digits on

frenzied is the nearest famous face, 13 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

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

frenzied is just 13 digits to your right.

How early is Alex?

Alex turns up earlier than 84% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 320 of the 2,007 we found.

Alex's neighbours on this list

Alex made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

See every name

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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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