Is my name in π?
Is Alison in π?
Yes, Alison is in there, starting at decimal place 104,543.
From letters to digits
- A2
- L5
- I4
- S7
- O6
- N6
Letter by letter, Alison becomes 254766 (6 digits).
Alison in the digits
254766
Decimal place 104,543. You'd read about 104,543 digits of π before you reached it.
Next door in π
- 2,785 digits back to jostled
- 4,343 digits back to flagons
- John Machin, 3,347 digits on
- castled, 4,543 digits on
jostled is the nearest famous face, 2,785 digits to the left.
From the teacher's notes
A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.
Plot twist: π looked away 104,542 times before finally writing you down.
The name race
Number 773 of 2,007: Alison beats 61% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.
Alison's neighbours on this list
Alison made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.
§ 3
Your number is in π.*
We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.