Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Timothy in π?

It is. Timothy is waiting at decimal place 184,494.

From letters to digits

  1. T8
  2. I4
  3. M6
  4. O6
  5. T8
  6. H4
  7. Y9

Letter by letter, Timothy becomes 8466849 (7 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 184,494. You'd read about 184,494 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 219 digits back to harpist
  • 517 digits back to Rudolf Diesel
  • pellets, 526 digits on
  • cinches, 603 digits on

harpist is the nearest famous face, 219 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Found you! π had you all along.

harpist lives 219 digits to your left. Say hi!

How early is Timothy?

In the race through π, Timothy comes in at number 917 of 2,007, ahead of 54% of the 2,007 names.

Timothy's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

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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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