Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ralphie in π?

It is. Ralphie is waiting at decimal place 3,959,997.

Ralphie on the keypad

  1. R7
  2. A2
  3. L5
  4. P7
  5. H4
  6. I4
  7. E3

Type Ralphie on a phone keypad and you get 7257443: 7 digits to hunt for.

Ralphie in the digits

Decimal place 3,959,997. Roughly 4 million digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 4,980 digits back to visible
  • 5,319 digits back to founder
  • hatters, 1,300 digits on
  • cranked, 1,861 digits on

hatters is the nearest famous face, 1,300 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Name found! π has been carrying it around for ages.

Medal time! Reaching you is 0.9 marathons at a centimetre a digit.

The name race

Number 1,600 of 2,007: Ralphie beats 20% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Ralphie

Ralphie 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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