Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Sylvia in π?

Yes, Sylvia is in there, starting at decimal place 2,624,490.

Sylvia on the keypad

  1. S7
  2. Y9
  3. L5
  4. V8
  5. I4
  6. A2

Letter by letter, Sylvia becomes 795842 (6 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 2,624,490. You'd read about 2.6 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 6,784 digits back to Canada
  • 14,186 digits back to elation
  • regroup, 2,270 digits on
  • jointly, 2,482 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is regroup, 2,270 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

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

Plot twist: π looked away 2.6 million times before finally writing you down.

The name race

Number 1,515 of 2,007: Sylvia beats 24% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Sylvia's neighbours on this list

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

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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