Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Noel in π?

It is. Noel is waiting at decimal place 40,259.

From letters to digits

  1. N6
  2. O6
  3. E3
  4. L5

Letter by letter, Noel becomes 6635 (4 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 40,259. You'd read about 40,259 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 424 digits back to ledgers
  • 911 digits back to descent
  • pillows, 367 digits on
  • experts, 618 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is pillows, 367 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

Decimal place 40,259: close enough to visit, far enough to feel special.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 403 m of it.

Among popular names

Number 553 of 2,007: Noel beats 72% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Noel

Noel made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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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