Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Michael in π?

Yes! Michael first turns up at decimal place 2,694,444.

Spelling Michael on a phone

  1. M6
  2. I4
  3. C2
  4. H4
  5. A2
  6. E3
  7. L5

Michael turns into 6424235 on the keypad, 7 digits long.

The spot

Decimal place 2,694,444. That's about 2.7 million digits into π.

Famous neighbours

  • 1,968 digits back to belated
  • 2,839 digits back to irksome
  • fleeces, 4,445 digits on
  • peppery, 4,844 digits on

belated is the nearest famous face, 1,968 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Deep in the digit jungle: decimal place 2,694,444.

Reading one digit a second, you'd reach your name in 31.2 days.

How early is Michael?

Number 1,523 of 2,007: Michael beats 24% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Michael

Michael 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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