Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Otis in π?

Yes, Otis is in there, starting at decimal place 1,266.

Otis on the keypad

  1. O6
  2. T8
  3. I4
  4. S7

Type Otis on a phone keypad and you get 6847: 4 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 1,266. Roughly 1,266 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 25 digits back to importer
  • 108 digits back to Rio de Janeiro
  • Sia, 291 digits on
  • François Viète, 530 digits on

importer is the nearest famous face, 25 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Got it! Your name is in π, start to finish.

At one digit per cm, that's 0.1 football pitches end to end.

How early is Otis?

Otis turns up earlier than 95% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 95 of the 2,007 we found.

Otis's neighbours on this list

Otis is on our list of popular first names in the US.

See every name

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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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