Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Gillian in π?

Found it: Gillian starts at decimal place 4,768,387 of π.

Gillian on the keypad

  1. G4
  2. I4
  3. L5
  4. L5
  5. I4
  6. A2
  7. N6

On a phone, Gillian is 4455426. That's the 7-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 4,768,387. It sits about 4.8 million digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,622 digits back to parapet
  • 3,192 digits back to coyotes
  • dousing, 6,174 digits on
  • swamped, 7,809 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is parapet, 1,622 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Found you! π had you all along.

π said 'not yet' 4.8 million times before it wrote your name.

How early is Gillian?

Number 1,631 of 2,007: Gillian beats 18% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Gillian's neighbours on this list

Gillian made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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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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