Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Bailey in π?

Found it: Bailey starts at decimal place 812,297 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. B2
  2. A2
  3. I4
  4. L5
  5. E3
  6. Y9

On a phone, Bailey is 224539. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 812,297. It sits about 812,297 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 177 digits back to Johannes Kepler
  • 889 digits back to perfect
  • ballots, 3,319 digits on
  • callous, 3,319 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Johannes Kepler, 177 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

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

Kick-off to your name: 77.4 football pitches, at a centimetre a digit.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Bailey comes in at number 1,270 of 2,007, ahead of 36% of the 2,007 names.

Bailey's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

§ 3

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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