Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Pierce in π?

Pierce is in π. First stop: decimal place 1,056,228.

Pierce on the keypad

  1. P7
  2. I4
  3. E3
  4. R7
  5. C2
  6. E3

Letter by letter, Pierce becomes 743723 (6 digits).

Pierce in the digits

Decimal place 1,056,228. You'd read about 1.1 million digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 3 digits back to quashes
  • 3 digits back to stashes
  • tighten, 148 digits on
  • mingles, 471 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is quashes, 3 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Past the first million! Your name is a proper explorer.

Line up 55,591 pencils and the last one points at your name (one digit per cm).

The name race

Number 1,323 of 2,007: Pierce beats 34% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Pierce's neighbours on this list

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

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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