Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Hamish in π?

Yes! Hamish first turns up at decimal place 1,170,730.

From letters to digits

  1. H4
  2. A2
  3. M6
  4. I4
  5. S7
  6. H4

On a phone, Hamish is 426474. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Hamish in the digits

Decimal place 1,170,730. It sits about 1.2 million digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 162 digits back to fluxing
  • 5,464 digits back to witness
  • splayed, 2,997 digits on
  • babbles, 4,422 digits on

Nearest of all: fluxing, just 162 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Millions of digits in, and π saved a spot just for you.

π said 'not yet' 1.2 million times before it wrote your name.

The name race

In the race through π, Hamish comes in at number 1,347 of 2,007, ahead of 32% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

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

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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