Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Sloane in π?

Yes! Sloane first turns up at decimal place 353,255.

From letters to digits

  1. S7
  2. L5
  3. O6
  4. A2
  5. N6
  6. E3

On a phone, Sloane is 756263. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Sloane in the digits

Decimal place 353,255. It sits about 353,255 digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 3,831 digits back to corners
  • 8,774 digits back to glassed
  • rawhide, 564 digits on
  • geneses, 2,966 digits on

Nearest of all: rawhide, just 564 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.

Distance to your name: 11,775 pizzas, side by side. Extra cheese, please.

The name race

In the race through π, Sloane comes in at number 1,088 of 2,007, ahead of 45% of the 2,007 names.

Sloane's neighbours on this list

Sloane made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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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