Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Rhys in π?

Found it: Rhys starts at decimal place 10,508 of π.

Rhys on the keypad

  1. R7
  2. H4
  3. Y9
  4. S7

Letter by letter, Rhys becomes 7497 (4 digits).

Rhys in the digits

Decimal place 10,508. You'd read about 10,508 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 57 digits back to Delhi
  • 1,246 digits back to setters
  • Mars, 37 digits on
  • MS Dhoni, 162 digits on

Nearest of all: Mars, just 37 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Found you! π had you all along.

Printed as a book, you'd turn 5.3 pages before finding your name.

The name race

Number 311 of 2,007: Rhys beats 84% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Rhys's neighbours on this list

Rhys 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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