Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Dallas in π?

Found it: Dallas starts at decimal place 901,851 of π.

Dallas on the keypad

  1. D3
  2. A2
  3. L5
  4. L5
  5. A2
  6. S7

Type Dallas on a phone keypad and you get 325527: 6 digits to hunt for.

Dallas in the digits

Decimal place 901,851. Roughly 901,851 digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 2,196 digits back to defends
  • 4,017 digits back to scenery
  • citadel, 1,055 digits on
  • entrust, 1,803 digits on

Nearest of all: citadel, just 1,055 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Decimal place 901,851: close enough to visit, far enough to feel special.

Pack your trainers: 0.2 marathons of π tape before you.

The name race

In the race through π, Dallas comes in at number 1,296 of 2,007, ahead of 35% of the 2,007 names.

Dallas's neighbours on this list

Dallas is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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