Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Jean in π?

Yes! Jean first turns up at decimal place 8,849.

Jean on the keypad

  1. J5
  2. E3
  3. A2
  4. N6

Letter by letter, Jean becomes 5326 (4 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 8,849. You'd read about 8,849 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 447 digits back to China
  • 873 digits back to Niels Bohr
  • setters, 413 digits on
  • Delhi, 1,602 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is setters, 413 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

At one digit per cm, that's 466 pencils laid end to end.

How early is Jean?

In the race through π, Jean comes in at number 289 of 2,007, ahead of 85% of the 2,007 names.

Jean's neighbours on this list

Jean 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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