Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Wade in π?

Yes, Wade is in there, starting at decimal place 15,894.

Spelling Wade on a phone

  1. W9
  2. A2
  3. D3
  4. E3

Type Wade on a phone keypad and you get 9233: 4 digits to hunt for.

Wade in the digits

Decimal place 15,894. Roughly 15,894 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,049 digits back to fixedly
  • 2,072 digits back to trilogy
  • alpacas, 782 digits on
  • Marie Curie, 931 digits on

Nearest of all: alpacas, just 782 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Not too shallow, not too deep: your name sits snugly in the first million.

Line up 530 pizzas in a row and you'd reach your name (one digit per cm).

The name race

Number 386 of 2,007: Wade beats 80% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Wade's neighbours on this list

Wade is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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