Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Eileen in π?

Yes! Eileen first turns up at decimal place 1,324,173.

From letters to digits

  1. E3
  2. I4
  3. L5
  4. E3
  5. E3
  6. N6

On a phone, Eileen is 345336. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 1,324,173. It sits about 1.3 million digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 707 digits back to obliges
  • 1,698 digits back to escapes
  • rapport, 2,119 digits on
  • envious, 2,537 digits on

Nearest of all: obliges, just 707 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Name found! π has been carrying it around for ages.

At one digit per cm, that's 0.3 marathons. Lace up!

Among popular names

Number 1,379 of 2,007: Eileen beats 31% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Eileen's neighbours on this list

Eileen made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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