Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Wesley in π?

Found it: Wesley starts at decimal place 385,591 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. W9
  2. E3
  3. S7
  4. L5
  5. E3
  6. Y9

Type Wesley on a phone keypad and you get 937539: 6 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 385,591. Roughly 385,591 digits in, give or take.

Who lives nearby

  • 1,018 digits back to hangers
  • 1,102 digits back to sunsets
  • porting, 420 digits on
  • posting, 420 digits on

Nearest of all: porting, just 420 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Decimal place 385,591: close enough to visit, far enough to feel special.

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 3.9 km long.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Wesley comes in at number 1,106 of 2,007, ahead of 44% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Wesley

Wesley 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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