Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Colleen in π?

Found it: Colleen starts at decimal place 4,882,316 of π.

Spelling Colleen on a phone

  1. C2
  2. O6
  3. L5
  4. L5
  5. E3
  6. E3
  7. N6

Letter by letter, Colleen becomes 2655336 (7 digits).

Colleen in the digits

Decimal place 4,882,316. You'd read about 4.9 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 171 digits back to anatomy
  • 6,043 digits back to denying
  • cannier, 1,432 digits on
  • impeded, 3,563 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is anatomy, 171 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name took the scenic route: 4.9 million digits of π first.

Before landing on you, π tried a different spot 4.9 million times.

The name race

Number 1,637 of 2,007: Colleen beats 18% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Colleen's neighbours on this list

Colleen 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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