Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Claire in π?

Yes, Claire is in there, starting at decimal place 39,989.

From letters to digits

  1. C2
  2. L5
  3. A2
  4. I4
  5. R7
  6. E3

Letter by letter, Claire becomes 252473 (6 digits).

Claire in the digits

Decimal place 39,989. You'd read about 39,989 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 154 digits back to ledgers
  • 641 digits back to descent
  • pillows, 637 digits on
  • experts, 888 digits on

Nearest of all: ledgers, just 154 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

Your tape of π would stretch across 3.8 football pitches.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Claire comes in at number 549 of 2,007, ahead of 72% of the 2,007 names.

Claire's neighbours on this list

Claire 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.

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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