Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Alastair in π?

Yes, Alastair is in there, starting at decimal place 10,944,178.

Alastair on the keypad

  1. A2
  2. L5
  3. A2
  4. S7
  5. T8
  6. A2
  7. I4
  8. R7

Type Alastair on a phone keypad and you get 25278247: 8 digits to hunt for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 10,944,178. Roughly 10.9 million digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 689 digits back to asexual
  • 6,911 digits back to proteges
  • prelude, 8,077 digits on
  • flatter, 9,603 digits on

Nearest of all: asexual, just 689 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Somebody tell the world: your name is in π.

If every digit were a centimetre of paper tape, you'd need 109 km of it.

Among popular names

Alastair turns up earlier than 13% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 1,729 of the 2,007 we found.

Alastair's neighbours on this list

Alastair is on our list of popular first names in the UK.

See every name

§ 3

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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