Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Esmeralda in π?

It is. Esmeralda is waiting at decimal place 1,723,489,249.

Esmeralda on the keypad

  1. E3
  2. S7
  3. M6
  4. E3
  5. R7
  6. A2
  7. L5
  8. D3
  9. A2

On a phone, Esmeralda is 376372532. That's the 9-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 1,723,489,249. It sits about 1.7 billion digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 554,913 digits back to gallivant
  • 786,018 digits back to nightgowns
  • blueberry, 285,280 digits on
  • ultimately, 472,103 digits on

Nearest of all: blueberry, just 285,280 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

1.7 billion digits in: welcome to the billions club.

That's a 17,235 km road trip along the π tape.

How early is Esmeralda?

In the race through π, Esmeralda comes in at number 1,996 of 2,007, ahead of 0% of the 2,007 names.

Esmeralda's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

§ 3

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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