Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Betty in π?

Betty is in π. First stop: decimal place 66,006.

From letters to digits

  1. B2
  2. E3
  3. T8
  4. T8
  5. Y9

Letter by letter, Betty becomes 23889 (5 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 66,006. You'd read about 66,006 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 88 digits back to pilgrim
  • 318 digits back to Lamine Yamal
  • reddens, 839 digits on
  • redeems, 839 digits on

pilgrim is the nearest famous face, 88 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

66,006 digits in: a short bike ride along the digits of π.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 660 m of it.

How early is Betty?

Betty turns up earlier than 67% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 650 of the 2,007 we found.

Names close to Betty

Betty 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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