Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Seamus in π?

It is. Seamus is waiting at decimal place 518,473.

Spelling Seamus on a phone

  1. S7
  2. E3
  3. A2
  4. M6
  5. U8
  6. S7

Letter by letter, Seamus becomes 732687 (6 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 518,473. You'd read about 518,473 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 2,390 digits back to extreme
  • 4,378 digits back to rampant
  • nettles, 1,497 digits on
  • Boston, 2,630 digits on

nettles is the nearest famous face, 1,497 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

π wrote 518,473 digits before it got round to you. Worth the wait!

Paper tape needed to reach you: 5.2 km, at one digit per centimetre.

How early is Seamus?

Number 1,172 of 2,007: Seamus beats 41% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Seamus

Seamus made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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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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