Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Cecily in π?

Found it: Cecily starts at decimal place 2,313,760 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. C2
  2. E3
  3. C2
  4. I4
  5. L5
  6. Y9

Cecily turns into 232459 on the keypad, 6 digits long.

Cecily in the digits

Decimal place 2,313,760. That's about 2.3 million digits into π.

Who lives nearby

  • 4,510 digits back to Amazon rainforest
  • 6,420 digits back to disdain
  • antacid, 1,544 digits on
  • offhand, 5,123 digits on

Nearest of all: antacid, just 1,544 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name took the scenic route: 2.3 million digits of π first.

If every digit were a centimetre, you'd pass 77,125 pizzas on the way to you.

Among popular names

Number 1,491 of 2,007: Cecily beats 25% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Cecily's neighbours on this list

Cecily is on our list of popular first names in the UK.

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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