Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Joseph in π?

Yes! Joseph first turns up at decimal place 2,714,674.

Spelling Joseph on a phone

  1. J5
  2. O6
  3. S7
  4. E3
  5. P7
  6. H4

Type Joseph on a phone keypad and you get 567374: 6 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 2,714,674. Roughly 2.7 million digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,489 digits back to Isaac Newton
  • 4,437 digits back to toasted
  • sixteen, 416 digits on
  • outrage, 955 digits on

Nearest of all: sixteen, just 416 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Millions deep! Pack a snack for this trip.

Grab the scissors: 27.1 km of π tape before your name.

Among popular names

Number 1,525 of 2,007: Joseph beats 24% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Joseph's neighbours on this list

Joseph is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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