Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Elisabeth in π?

Found it: Elisabeth starts at decimal place 947,243,428 of π.

Spelling Elisabeth on a phone

  1. E3
  2. L5
  3. I4
  4. S7
  5. A2
  6. B2
  7. E3
  8. T8
  9. H4

Elisabeth turns into 354722384 on the keypad, 9 digits long.

The spot

Decimal place 947,243,428. That's about 947 million digits into π.

Famous neighbours

  • 563,990 digits back to culminates
  • 734,754 digits back to supersede
  • witnessing, 237,386 digits on
  • jabbering, 344,798 digits on

Nearest of all: witnessing, just 237,386 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Got it! Your name is in π, start to finish.

Goal! Your name is 90,214 football pitches down the line, at one digit per centimetre.

The name race

Number 1,982 of 2,007: Elisabeth beats 1% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Elisabeth's neighbours on this list

Elisabeth 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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