Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Russell in π?

Yes, Russell is in there, starting at decimal place 3,281,215.

From letters to digits

  1. R7
  2. U8
  3. S7
  4. S7
  5. E3
  6. L5
  7. L5

Letter by letter, Russell becomes 7877355 (7 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 3,281,215. You'd read about 3.3 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 2,290 digits back to spliced
  • 3,520 digits back to myrtles
  • manhole, 724 digits on
  • gyrating, 2,181 digits on

Nearest of all: manhole, just 724 digits to the right.

Fun facts

Deep in the digit jungle: decimal place 3,281,215.

At one digit per cm, that's 172,696 pencils laid end to end.

How early is Russell?

In the race through π, Russell comes in at number 1,564 of 2,007, ahead of 22% of the 2,007 names.

Russell's neighbours on this list

Russell 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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