Is my name in π?
Is Terry in π?
It is. Terry is waiting at decimal place 6,786.
Spelling Terry on a phone
- T8
- E3
- R7
- R7
- Y9
On a phone, Terry is 83779. That's the 5-digit run we look for.
Terry in the digits
83779
Decimal place 6,786. It sits about 6,786 digits after the 3.
Famous neighbours
- 254 digits back to Osaka
- 742 digits back to millers
- Oslo, 942 digits on
- Niels Bohr, 1,190 digits on
Osaka is the nearest famous face, 254 digits to the left.
From the teacher's notes
π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.
Plot twist: π looked away 6,785 times before finally writing you down.
The name race
Number 248 of 2,007: Terry beats 87% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.
Terry's neighbours on this list
Terry made our list from the US baby-name charts.
§ 3
Your number is in π.*
We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.