Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Helen in π?

It is. Helen is waiting at decimal place 7,412.

From letters to digits

  1. H4
  2. E3
  3. L5
  4. E3
  5. N6

On a phone, Helen is 43536. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 7,412. It sits about 7,412 digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 880 digits back to Osaka
  • 1,368 digits back to millers
  • Oslo, 316 digits on
  • Niels Bohr, 564 digits on

Oslo is the nearest famous face, 316 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

At one digit per cm, that's 247 pizzas laid end to end. Snack break!

How early is Helen?

In the race through π, Helen comes in at number 262 of 2,007, ahead of 86% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Helen

Helen 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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