Is my name in π?
Is Carl in π?
Found it: Carl starts at decimal place 16,680 of π.
Carl on the keypad
- C2
- A2
- R7
- L5
Letter by letter, Carl becomes 2275 (4 digits).
Carl in the digits
2275
Decimal place 16,680. You'd read about 16,680 digits of π before you reached it.
Famous neighbours
- 4 digits back to alpacas
- 1,835 digits back to fixedly
- Marie Curie, 145 digits on
- AS Roma, 761 digits on
alpacas is the nearest famous face, 4 digits to the left.
From the teacher's notes
16,680 digits in: a short bike ride along the digits of π.
Run the length of 1.6 football pitches and you'd reach your name (one digit per cm).
Among popular names
In the race through π, Carl comes in at number 394 of 2,007, ahead of 80% of the 2,007 names.
Names close to Carl
Carl 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.