Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Carson in π?

It is. Carson is waiting at decimal place 72,150.

From letters to digits

  1. C2
  2. A2
  3. R7
  4. S7
  5. O6
  6. N6

On a phone, Carson is 227766. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Carson in the digits

Decimal place 72,150. It sits about 72,150 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 814 digits back to potluck
  • 1,135 digits back to Kerala
  • laptops, 445 digits on
  • hellish, 943 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is laptops, 445 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

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

Your name is 3,797 pencils away if every digit is a centimetre long.

The name race

Number 670 of 2,007: Carson beats 66% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Carson's neighbours on this list

Carson 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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