Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Dorothy in π?

Yes, Dorothy is in there, starting at decimal place 7,257,401.

Dorothy on the keypad

  1. D3
  2. O6
  3. R7
  4. O6
  5. T8
  6. H4
  7. Y9

Type Dorothy on a phone keypad and you get 3676849: 7 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 7,257,401. Roughly 7.3 million digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 2,793 digits back to airline
  • 6,549 digits back to ebonies
  • crusade, 4,591 digits on
  • revolts, 11,805 digits on

Nearest of all: airline, just 2,793 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

All 7 digits, present and correct.

You live between airline and crusade. What a street!

How early is Dorothy?

Number 1,680 of 2,007: Dorothy beats 16% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Dorothy's neighbours on this list

Dorothy 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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