Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Douglas in π?

Yes! Douglas first turns up at decimal place 1,652,412.

Douglas on the keypad

  1. D3
  2. O6
  3. U8
  4. G4
  5. L5
  6. A2
  7. S7

Type Douglas on a phone keypad and you get 3684527: 7 digits to hunt for.

Douglas in the digits

Decimal place 1,652,412. Roughly 1.7 million digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 6,512 digits back to puberty
  • 8,975 digits back to duskier
  • license, 1,400 digits on
  • openers, 4,780 digits on

license is the nearest famous face, 1,400 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.

puberty is 6,512 digits to your left and license is 1,400 digits to your right.

The name race

In the race through π, Douglas comes in at number 1,418 of 2,007, ahead of 29% of the 2,007 names.

Douglas's neighbours on this list

Douglas 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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