Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Melvin in π?

It is. Melvin is waiting at decimal place 533,199.

Melvin on the keypad

  1. M6
  2. E3
  3. L5
  4. V8
  5. I4
  6. N6

Type Melvin on a phone keypad and you get 635846: 6 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 533,199. Roughly 533,199 digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 4,654 digits back to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  • 5,043 digits back to mulched
  • anomaly, 2,711 digits on
  • cartons, 7,395 digits on

anomaly is the nearest famous face, 2,711 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

If every digit were a centimetre, you'd pass 17,773 pizzas on the way to you.

How early is Melvin?

Melvin turns up earlier than 41% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 1,183 of the 2,007 we found.

Names close to Melvin

Melvin 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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