Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Dean in π?

Yes! Dean first turns up at decimal place 3,702.

From letters to digits

  1. D3
  2. E3
  3. A2
  4. N6

On a phone, Dean is 3326. That's the 4-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 3,702. It sits about 3,702 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 1,297 digits back to G. H. Hardy
  • 1,459 digits back to Bukayo Saka
  • ranched, 211 digits on
  • Boca Juniors, 671 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is ranched, 211 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

Search complete. Mission: success!

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 37 m of it.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Dean comes in at number 171 of 2,007, ahead of 91% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Dean

Dean 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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