Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Peter in π?

Yes! Peter first turns up at decimal place 5,158.

Peter on the keypad

  1. P7
  2. E3
  3. T8
  4. E3
  5. R7

On a phone, Peter is 73837. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 5,158. It sits about 5,158 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 123 digits back to Pelé
  • 255 digits back to Johann Sebastian Bach
  • sketches, 379 digits on
  • stirrup, 480 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Pelé, 123 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Your name in π. That's a pretty great autograph.

That's 172 pizzas long at one digit per centimetre. Pizza party!

Among popular names

Number 199 of 2,007: Peter beats 90% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Peter's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

§ 3

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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