Is my name in π?
Is Matthew in π?
Yes, Matthew is in there, starting at decimal place 5,657,103.
From letters to digits
- M6
- A2
- T8
- T8
- H4
- E3
- W9
Letter by letter, Matthew becomes 6288439 (7 digits).
The spot
6288439
Decimal place 5,657,103. You'd read about 5.7 million digits of π before you reached it.
Famous neighbours
- 189 digits back to raccoon
- 1,102 digits back to worming
- tomorrow, 2,552 digits on
- amplest, 4,543 digits on
Nearest of all: raccoon, just 189 digits to the left.
From the teacher's notes
Millions of digits in, and π saved a spot just for you.
Reading one digit a second, you'd reach your name in 65.5 days.
The name race
In the race through π, Matthew comes in at number 1,650 of 2,007, ahead of 17% of the 2,007 names.
Matthew's neighbours on this list
Matthew 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.