Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Darren in π?

Found it: Darren starts at decimal place 553,945 of π.

Spelling Darren on a phone

  1. D3
  2. A2
  3. R7
  4. R7
  5. E3
  6. N6

On a phone, Darren is 327736. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 553,945. It sits about 553,945 digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 1,739 digits back to dawdled
  • 3,068 digits back to flagged
  • saddest, 9,012 digits on
  • charmed, 9,728 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is dawdled, 1,739 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

At one digit per cm, that's 0.1 marathons. Lace up!

How early is Darren?

Number 1,196 of 2,007: Darren beats 40% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Darren's neighbours on this list

Darren made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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§ 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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