Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Harper in π?

It is. Harper is waiting at decimal place 343,211.

From letters to digits

  1. H4
  2. A2
  3. R7
  4. P7
  5. E3
  6. R7

Letter by letter, Harper becomes 427737 (6 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 343,211. You'd read about 343,211 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 3,527 digits back to hairdos
  • 4,964 digits back to sliding
  • Manchester United, 887 digits on
  • glassed, 1,270 digits on

Nearest of all: Manchester United, just 887 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

343,211 digits in: a short bike ride along the digits of π.

At one digit per cm, that's 32.7 football pitches end to end.

How early is Harper?

Number 1,082 of 2,007: Harper beats 46% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Harper's neighbours on this list

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

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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