Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Alice in π?

Yes, Alice is in there, starting at decimal place 5,524.

From letters to digits

  1. A2
  2. L5
  3. I4
  4. C2
  5. E3

On a phone, Alice is 25423. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 5,524. It sits about 5,524 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 489 digits back to Pelé
  • 621 digits back to Johann Sebastian Bach
  • sketches, 13 digits on
  • stirrup, 114 digits on

Nearest of all: sketches, just 13 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Welcome to the first million digits, where the cool numbers hang out.

sketches is just 13 digits to your right.

How early is Alice?

Number 209 of 2,007: Alice beats 89% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Alice's neighbours on this list

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

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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