Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Johnny in π?

Yes! Johnny first turns up at decimal place 1,465,430.

Johnny on the keypad

  1. J5
  2. O6
  3. H4
  4. N6
  5. N6
  6. Y9

On a phone, Johnny is 564669. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 1,465,430. It sits about 1.5 million digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 3,786 digits back to actress
  • 4,465 digits back to palling
  • aerosol, 41 digits on
  • solution, 45 digits on

Nearest of all: aerosol, just 41 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

Story time! Reading π aloud up to your name takes 17 days.

How early is Johnny?

In the race through π, Johnny comes in at number 1,392 of 2,007, ahead of 30% of the 2,007 names.

Johnny's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

§ 3

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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