Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Fred in π?

Found it: Fred starts at decimal place 13,063 of π.

Spelling Fred on a phone

  1. F3
  2. R7
  3. E3
  4. D3

Type Fred on a phone keypad and you get 3733: 4 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 13,063. Roughly 13,063 digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 5 digits back to gauzier
  • 308 digits back to Rome
  • dangles, 348 digits on
  • shimmer, 405 digits on

gauzier is the nearest famous face, 5 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

At one digit per cm, that's 1.2 football pitches end to end.

Among popular names

Number 353 of 2,007: Fred beats 82% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Fred's neighbours on this list

Fred 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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