Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Colette in π?

Yes! Colette first turns up at decimal place 2,031,567.

Colette on the keypad

  1. C2
  2. O6
  3. L5
  4. E3
  5. T8
  6. T8
  7. E3

On a phone, Colette is 2653883. That's the 7-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 2,031,567. It sits about 2 million digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,087 digits back to deflect
  • 1,839 digits back to futures
  • hollows, 193 digits on
  • escorts, 387 digits on

Nearest of all: hollows, just 193 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name took the scenic route: 2 million digits of π first.

Medal time! Reaching you is 0.5 marathons at a centimetre a digit.

Among popular names

Number 1,469 of 2,007: Colette beats 26% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Colette's neighbours on this list

Colette 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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