Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Clayton in π?

Yes, Clayton is in there, starting at decimal place 8,271,609.

From letters to digits

  1. C2
  2. L5
  3. A2
  4. Y9
  5. T8
  6. O6
  7. N6

Letter by letter, Clayton becomes 2529866 (7 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 8,271,609. You'd read about 8.3 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 738 digits back to Lang Lang
  • 3,508 digits back to tweaked
  • layaway, 5,957 digits on
  • explode, 6,778 digits on

Lang Lang is the nearest famous face, 738 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Millions deep! Pack a snack for this trip.

Reading one digit a second, you'd reach your name in 95.7 days.

How early is Clayton?

In the race through π, Clayton comes in at number 1,698 of 2,007, ahead of 15% of the 2,007 names.

Clayton's neighbours on this list

Clayton 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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