Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Dwight in π?

Dwight is in π. First stop: decimal place 1,790,533.

Spelling Dwight on a phone

  1. D3
  2. W9
  3. I4
  4. G4
  5. H4
  6. T8

Dwight turns into 394448 on the keypad, 6 digits long.

The spot

Decimal place 1,790,533. That's about 1.8 million digits into π.

Famous neighbours

  • 736 digits back to bestial
  • 1,007 digits back to hernias
  • regally, 226 digits on
  • mousing, 978 digits on

Nearest of all: regally, just 226 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Millions of digits in, and π saved a spot just for you.

π said 'not yet' 1.8 million times before it wrote your name.

How early is Dwight?

Number 1,438 of 2,007: Dwight beats 28% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Dwight's neighbours on this list

Dwight 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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