Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Bowie in π?

It is. Bowie is waiting at decimal place 11,822.

From letters to digits

  1. B2
  2. O6
  3. W9
  4. I4
  5. E3

Letter by letter, Bowie becomes 26943 (5 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 11,822. You'd read about 11,822 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 907 digits back to Lima
  • 935 digits back to frenzied
  • Japan, 125 digits on
  • serials, 455 digits on

Nearest of all: Japan, just 125 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.

At 2,000 digits a page, your name is 5.9 pages in.

The name race

Number 339 of 2,007: Bowie beats 83% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Bowie

Bowie 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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