Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ellis in π?

Ellis is in π. First stop: decimal place 5,454.

Ellis on the keypad

  1. E3
  2. L5
  3. L5
  4. I4
  5. S7

Ellis turns into 35547 on the keypad, 5 digits long.

Ellis in the digits

Decimal place 5,454. That's about 5,454 digits into π.

Next door in π

  • 419 digits back to Pelé
  • 551 digits back to Johann Sebastian Bach
  • sketches, 83 digits on
  • stirrup, 184 digits on

sketches is the nearest famous face, 83 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Found you! π had you all along.

If every digit were a centimetre, you'd pass 182 pizzas on the way to you.

The name race

Number 205 of 2,007: Ellis beats 89% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Ellis's neighbours on this list

Ellis is on our list of popular first names in the US.

See every name

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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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