Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Nicola in π?

Found it: Nicola starts at decimal place 3,578,338 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. N6
  2. I4
  3. C2
  4. O6
  5. L5
  6. A2

Letter by letter, Nicola becomes 642652 (6 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 3,578,338. You'd read about 3.6 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,086 digits back to pleases
  • 4,963 digits back to inherit
  • nuptial, 6,561 digits on
  • blaming, 7,896 digits on

pleases is the nearest famous face, 1,086 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name is written in π. Very official.

Library alert: π fills 6 paperbacks before it reaches your name.

How early is Nicola?

Nicola turns up earlier than 21% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 1,581 of the 2,007 we found.

Nicola's neighbours on this list

Nicola 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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