Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Nellie in π?

Yes, Nellie is in there, starting at decimal place 2,971,732.

Nellie on the keypad

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

Type Nellie on a phone keypad and you get 635543: 6 digits to hunt for.

Nellie in the digits

Decimal place 2,971,732. Roughly 3 million digits in, give or take.

Famous neighbours

  • 1,119 digits back to baleful
  • 1,121 digits back to pebbled
  • adoptive, 2,007 digits on
  • darkens, 2,478 digits on

baleful is the nearest famous face, 1,119 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

You're hiding 3 million digits in. Excellent hide-and-seek skills.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 29.7 km of it.

The name race

In the race through π, Nellie comes in at number 1,543 of 2,007, ahead of 23% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

Nellie is on our list of popular first names in the UK.

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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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