Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Angus in π?

Found it: Angus starts at decimal place 20,318 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. A2
  2. N6
  3. G4
  4. U8
  5. S7

On a phone, Angus is 26487. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Angus in the digits

Decimal place 20,318. It sits about 20,318 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 107 digits back to India
  • 1,368 digits back to ethical
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, 398 digits on
  • George Boole, 420 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is India, 107 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Your name has a lovely address: number 20,318, Pi Street.

π skipped past your spot 20,317 times before it finally wrote your name.

The name race

Number 438 of 2,007: Angus beats 78% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Angus

Angus made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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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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