Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Wayne in π?

Yes, Wayne is in there, starting at decimal place 82,567.

From letters to digits

  1. W9
  2. A2
  3. Y9
  4. N6
  5. E3

Letter by letter, Wayne becomes 92963 (5 digits).

Wayne in the digits

Decimal place 82,567. You'd read about 82,567 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 1,052 digits back to rivaled
  • 1,052 digits back to shucked
  • letters, 240 digits on
  • Kyoto, 2,360 digits on

Nearest of all: letters, just 240 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.

That's 2,752 pizzas long at one digit per centimetre. Pizza party!

The name race

Number 700 of 2,007: Wayne beats 65% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Wayne's neighbours on this list

Keypad twins: Zayne. Same digits (92963), same place in π.

Wayne 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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