Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Katie in π?

Yes! Katie first turns up at decimal place 7,436.

From letters to digits

  1. K5
  2. A2
  3. T8
  4. I4
  5. E3

Letter by letter, Katie becomes 52843 (5 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 7,436. You'd read about 7,436 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 904 digits back to Osaka
  • 1,392 digits back to millers
  • Oslo, 292 digits on
  • Niels Bohr, 540 digits on

Nearest of all: Oslo, just 292 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

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

Your nearest famous neighbour on the left: Osaka.

How early is Katie?

Katie turns up earlier than 86% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 263 of the 2,007 we found.

Katie's neighbours on this list

Katie 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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