Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Elsie in π?

Yes! Elsie first turns up at decimal place 66,366.

From letters to digits

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

On a phone, Elsie is 35743. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 66,366. It sits about 66,366 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 448 digits back to pilgrim
  • 678 digits back to Lamine Yamal
  • reddens, 479 digits on
  • redeems, 479 digits on

Nearest of all: pilgrim, just 448 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

Story time! Reading π aloud up to your name takes 18.4 hours.

Among popular names

Elsie turns up earlier than 67% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 654 of the 2,007 we found.

Elsie's neighbours on this list

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

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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