Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Emily in π?

Yes! Emily first turns up at decimal place 101,974.

From letters to digits

  1. E3
  2. M6
  3. I4
  4. L5
  5. Y9

Letter by letter, Emily becomes 36459 (5 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 101,974. You'd read about 101,974 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 216 digits back to jostled
  • 1,774 digits back to flagons
  • John Machin, 5,916 digits on
  • castled, 7,112 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is jostled, 216 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

You're in π's first million. Exclusive club!

Printed as a book, you'd turn 51 pages before finding your name.

How early is Emily?

In the race through π, Emily comes in at number 767 of 2,007, ahead of 61% of the 2,007 names.

Emily's neighbours on this list

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

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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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