Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Francis in π?

Yes! Francis first turns up at decimal place 11,319,954.

From letters to digits

  1. F3
  2. R7
  3. A2
  4. N6
  5. C2
  6. I4
  7. S7

On a phone, Francis is 3726247. That's the 7-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 11,319,954. It sits about 11.3 million digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 3,611 digits back to freshmen
  • 15,778 digits back to currying
  • seconds, 8,058 digits on
  • bowling, 8,879 digits on

freshmen is the nearest famous face, 3,611 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

π knows your name! Well, the keypad version of it.

Medal time! Reaching you is 2.7 marathons at a centimetre a digit.

How early is Francis?

In the race through π, Francis comes in at number 1,736 of 2,007, ahead of 13% of the 2,007 names.

Francis's neighbours on this list

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

See every name

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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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