Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Nate in π?

It is. Nate is waiting at decimal place 12,969.

Spelling Nate on a phone

  1. N6
  2. A2
  3. T8
  4. E3

Letter by letter, Nate becomes 6283 (4 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 12,969. You'd read about 12,969 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 214 digits back to Rome
  • 324 digits back to praised
  • gauzier, 89 digits on
  • dangles, 442 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is gauzier, 89 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

At one digit per centimetre, your name is 130 m down the tape.

How early is Nate?

Number 352 of 2,007: Nate beats 82% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Nate

Nate 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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