Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Dustin in π?

Yes, Dustin is in there, starting at decimal place 798,774.

Dustin on the keypad

  1. D3
  2. U8
  3. S7
  4. T8
  5. I4
  6. N6

Type Dustin on a phone keypad and you get 387846: 6 digits to hunt for.

Dustin in the digits

Decimal place 798,774. Roughly 798,774 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,709 digits back to Nottingham Forest
  • 3,268 digits back to apology
  • sincere, 1,602 digits on
  • numbers, 2,471 digits on

sincere is the nearest famous face, 1,602 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 8 km of it.

The name race

In the race through π, Dustin comes in at number 1,268 of 2,007, ahead of 36% of the 2,007 names.

Dustin's neighbours on this list

Dustin 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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