Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Allen in π?

It is. Allen is waiting at decimal place 253,541.

Spelling Allen on a phone

  1. A2
  2. L5
  3. L5
  4. E3
  5. N6

Letter by letter, Allen becomes 25536 (5 digits).

Allen in the digits

Decimal place 253,541. You'd read about 253,541 digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 158 digits back to Claude Shannon
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Claude Shannon is the nearest famous face, 158 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Search complete. Mission: success!

Run the length of 24.1 football pitches and you'd reach your name (one digit per cm).

Among popular names

Number 1,007 of 2,007: Allen beats 49% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Allen

Allen made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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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