Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Carolyn in π?

Carolyn is in π. First stop: decimal place 4,930,667.

Spelling Carolyn on a phone

  1. C2
  2. A2
  3. R7
  4. O6
  5. L5
  6. Y9
  7. N6

Letter by letter, Carolyn becomes 2276596 (7 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 4,930,667. You'd read about 4.9 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 540 digits back to scythed
  • 7,065 digits back to prances
  • borders, 816 digits on
  • evermore, 3,919 digits on

scythed is the nearest famous face, 540 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Ta-da! Every single digit, right where it should be.

Printed as a book, you'd turn 2,465 pages before finding your name.

How early is Carolyn?

Number 1,638 of 2,007: Carolyn beats 18% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Carolyn's neighbours on this list

Carolyn 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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