Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Selah in π?

Yes, Selah is in there, starting at decimal place 11,080.

From letters to digits

  1. S7
  2. E3
  3. L5
  4. A2
  5. H4

Type Selah on a phone keypad and you get 73524: 5 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 11,080. Roughly 11,080 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 165 digits back to Lima
  • 193 digits back to frenzied
  • Japan, 867 digits on
  • serials, 1,197 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Lima, 165 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Somebody tell the world: your name is in π.

At one digit per centimetre, you'd need 583 pencils in a row to reach your name.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Selah comes in at number 323 of 2,007, ahead of 83% of the 2,007 names.

Selah's neighbours on this list

Selah is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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