Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Lillian in π?

Found it: Lillian starts at decimal place 8,953,422 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. L5
  2. I4
  3. L5
  4. L5
  5. I4
  6. A2
  7. N6

Type Lillian on a phone keypad and you get 5455426: 7 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 8,953,422. Roughly 9 million digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 1,084 digits back to slither
  • 2,862 digits back to nibbles
  • opposed, 9,383 digits on
  • putties, 13,344 digits on

slither is the nearest famous face, 1,084 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name took the scenic route: 9 million digits of π first.

Line up 471,233 pencils and the last one points at your name (one digit per cm).

How early is Lillian?

Number 1,704 of 2,007: Lillian beats 15% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Lillian's neighbours on this list

Lillian shares all of its digits (5455426) with Killian and Jillian.

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

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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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