Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Sheila in π?

It is. Sheila is waiting at decimal place 3,042,071.

From letters to digits

  1. S7
  2. H4
  3. E3
  4. I4
  5. L5
  6. A2

On a phone, Sheila is 743452. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 3,042,071. It sits about 3 million digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 61 digits back to sweeper
  • 183 digits back to lineups
  • bottoms, 440 digits on
  • cottons, 440 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is sweeper, 61 digits to the left.

Fun facts

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

That's a 30.4 km road trip along the π tape.

How early is Sheila?

In the race through π, Sheila comes in at number 1,547 of 2,007, ahead of 22% of the 2,007 names.

Sheila's neighbours on this list

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

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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