Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Brandon in π?

Brandon is in π. First stop: decimal place 5,007,230.

Brandon on the keypad

  1. B2
  2. R7
  3. A2
  4. N6
  5. D3
  6. O6
  7. N6

Letter by letter, Brandon becomes 2726366 (7 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 5,007,230. You'd read about 5 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 202 digits back to tensing
  • 2,163 digits back to blanked
  • eyebrow, 2,865 digits on
  • stolidly, 6,262 digits on

tensing is the nearest famous face, 202 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

At one digit per centimetre, you'd need 263,538 pencils in a row to reach your name.

How early is Brandon?

In the race through π, Brandon comes in at number 1,639 of 2,007, ahead of 18% of the 2,007 names.

Brandon's neighbours on this list

Brandon 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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