Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Giselle in π?

Found it: Giselle starts at decimal place 12,162,249 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. G4
  2. I4
  3. S7
  4. E3
  5. L5
  6. L5
  7. E3

Type Giselle on a phone keypad and you get 4473553: 7 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 12,162,249. Roughly 12.2 million digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 3,083 digits back to hundred
  • 10,028 digits back to deluded
  • boniest, 785 digits on
  • sympathy, 2,369 digits on

boniest is the nearest famous face, 785 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Name found! π has been carrying it around for ages.

At one digit per cm, that's 640,118 pencils laid end to end.

How early is Giselle?

Number 1,747 of 2,007: Giselle beats 12% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Giselle

Giselle is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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