Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Alfred in π?

Found it: Alfred starts at decimal place 672,418 of π.

Spelling Alfred on a phone

  1. A2
  2. L5
  3. F3
  4. R7
  5. E3
  6. D3

On a phone, Alfred is 253733. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 672,418. It sits about 672,418 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 2,739 digits back to orderly
  • 3,406 digits back to parquet
  • realize, 117 digits on
  • harmony, 141 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is realize, 117 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name in π. That's a pretty great autograph.

Say one digit per second out loud and you'd reach your name after 7.8 days.

How early is Alfred?

In the race through π, Alfred comes in at number 1,225 of 2,007, ahead of 38% of the 2,007 names.

Alfred's neighbours on this list

Alfred made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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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