Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Knox in π?

Knox is in π. First stop: decimal place 256.

Spelling Knox on a phone

  1. K5
  2. N6
  3. O6
  4. X9

Letter by letter, Knox becomes 5669 (4 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 256. You'd read about 256 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 237 digits back to Goa
  • PSV Eindhoven, 365 digits on
  • Chennai Super Kings, 374 digits on

Goa is the nearest famous face, 237 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name is written in π. Very official.

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 2.6 m long.

How early is Knox?

Number 28 of 2,007: Knox beats 98% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Knox's neighbours on this list

Knox 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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