Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Hanna in π?

It is. Hanna is waiting at decimal place 100,986.

Hanna on the keypad

  1. H4
  2. A2
  3. N6
  4. N6
  5. A2

On a phone, Hanna is 42662. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 100,986. It sits about 100,986 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 786 digits back to flagons
  • 894 digits back to Paris
  • jostled, 772 digits on
  • John Machin, 6,904 digits on

jostled is the nearest famous face, 772 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name in π. That's a pretty great autograph.

Unroll π at one digit per cm and you'd walk 1 km to reach your name.

The name race

In the race through π, Hanna comes in at number 763 of 2,007, ahead of 62% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Hanna

Hanna made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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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