Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Stanley in π?

It is. Stanley is waiting at decimal place 18,906,166.

From letters to digits

  1. S7
  2. T8
  3. A2
  4. N6
  5. L5
  6. E3
  7. Y9

Letter by letter, Stanley becomes 7826539 (7 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 18,906,166. You'd read about 18.9 million digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 3,332 digits back to bulbous
  • 21,727 digits back to gowning
  • monetary, 4,161 digits on
  • heathens, 10,229 digits on

Nearest of all: bulbous, just 3,332 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Ta-da! Every single digit, right where it should be.

Medal time! Reaching you is 4.5 marathons at a centimetre a digit.

How early is Stanley?

In the race through π, Stanley comes in at number 1,804 of 2,007, ahead of 10% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Stanley

Stanley 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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