Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Josiah in π?

Yes! Josiah first turns up at decimal place 1,303,685.

From letters to digits

  1. J5
  2. O6
  3. S7
  4. I4
  5. A2
  6. H4

On a phone, Josiah is 567424. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 1,303,685. It sits about 1.3 million digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 276 digits back to Edward Jenner
  • 1,020 digits back to wedding
  • factors, 493 digits on
  • heinous, 1,099 digits on

Nearest of all: Edward Jenner, just 276 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

All 6 digits, present and correct.

π said 'not yet' 1.3 million times before it wrote your name.

The name race

Number 1,374 of 2,007: Josiah beats 31% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Josiah

Josiah 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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