Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Elin in π?

Elin is in π. First stop: decimal place 15,553.

From letters to digits

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

Letter by letter, Elin becomes 3546 (4 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 15,553. You'd read about 15,553 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 708 digits back to fixedly
  • 1,731 digits back to trilogy
  • alpacas, 1,123 digits on
  • Marie Curie, 1,272 digits on

Nearest of all: fixedly, just 708 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

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

Reading one digit a second, you'd reach your name in 4.3 hours.

Among popular names

Number 382 of 2,007: Elin beats 80% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names nearby in π

Same digits, different name: Elio, also 3546 on a phone.

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

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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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