Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Maya in π?

It is. Maya is waiting at decimal place 23,796.

Maya on the keypad

  1. M6
  2. A2
  3. Y9
  4. A2

Letter by letter, Maya becomes 6292 (4 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 23,796. You'd read about 23,796 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 242 digits back to tubular
  • 421 digits back to Shaquille O'Neal
  • Kurt Gödel, 1,692 digits on
  • optimum, 1,931 digits on

Nearest of all: tubular, just 242 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

23,796 digits deep and still in the shallow end of the pool.

Goal! Your name is 2.3 football pitches down the line, at one digit per centimetre.

How early is Maya?

Number 461 of 2,007: Maya beats 77% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Maya

Maya 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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