Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Sid in π?

Sid is in π. First stop: decimal place 2,492.

From letters to digits

  1. S7
  2. I4
  3. D3

Letter by letter, Sid becomes 743 (3 digits).

Sid in the digits

Decimal place 2,492. You'd read about 2,492 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 87 digits back to G. H. Hardy
  • 249 digits back to Bukayo Saka
  • ranched, 1,421 digits on
  • Boca Juniors, 1,881 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is G. H. Hardy, 87 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Decimal place 2,492: close enough to visit, far enough to feel special.

ranched is just 1,421 digits to your right.

The name race

In the race through π, Sid comes in at number 151 of 2,007, ahead of 92% of the 2,007 names.

Sid's neighbours on this list

Sid 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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