Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Morag in π?

Morag is in π. First stop: decimal place 42,480.

From letters to digits

  1. M6
  2. O6
  3. R7
  4. A2
  5. G4

Letter by letter, Morag becomes 66724 (5 digits).

Morag in the digits

Decimal place 42,480. You'd read about 42,480 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 484 digits back to bruised
  • 484 digits back to cruised
  • laggard, 1,762 digits on
  • saddens, 3,274 digits on

Nearest of all: bruised, just 484 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Search complete. Mission: success!

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 425 m long.

The name race

In the race through π, Morag comes in at number 563 of 2,007, ahead of 71% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Morag

Same digits, different name: Norah, also 66724 on a phone.

Morag made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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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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