Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Nigel in π?

It is. Nigel is waiting at decimal place 361,576.

Nigel on the keypad

  1. N6
  2. I4
  3. G4
  4. E3
  5. L5

Nigel turns into 64435 on the keypad, 5 digits long.

Nigel in the digits

Decimal place 361,576. That's about 361,576 digits into π.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,983 digits back to excised
  • 2,118 digits back to hatched
  • spatting, 2,289 digits on
  • patting, 2,290 digits on

Nearest of all: excised, just 1,983 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

Distance to your name: 12,053 pizzas, side by side. Extra cheese, please.

The name race

In the race through π, Nigel comes in at number 1,091 of 2,007, ahead of 45% of the 2,007 names.

Nigel's neighbours on this list

Nigel 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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