Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Edith in π?

Yes, Edith is in there, starting at decimal place 300,391.

Edith on the keypad

  1. E3
  2. D3
  3. I4
  4. T8
  5. H4

Letter by letter, Edith becomes 33484 (5 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 300,391. You'd read about 300,391 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 942 digits back to dimpled
  • 2,512 digits back to cubicle
  • goodies, 940 digits on
  • goofier, 940 digits on

Nearest of all: goodies, just 940 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

Grab the scissors: 3 km of π tape before your name.

How early is Edith?

Edith turns up earlier than 47% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 1,050 of the 2,007 we found.

Edith's neighbours on this list

Edith made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

See every name

§ 3

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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