Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Grey in π?

Grey is in π. First stop: decimal place 7,468.

Grey on the keypad

  1. G4
  2. R7
  3. E3
  4. Y9

Type Grey on a phone keypad and you get 4739: 4 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 7,468. Roughly 7,468 digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 936 digits back to Osaka
  • 1,424 digits back to millers
  • Oslo, 260 digits on
  • Niels Bohr, 508 digits on

Nearest of all: Oslo, just 260 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name is written in π. Very official.

Unroll π at one digit per cm and you'd walk 74.7 m to reach your name.

How early is Grey?

Number 267 of 2,007: Grey beats 86% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Grey's neighbours on this list

Grey 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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