Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Kingsley in π?

Yes, Kingsley is in there, starting at decimal place 4,678,518.

From letters to digits

  1. K5
  2. I4
  3. N6
  4. G4
  5. S7
  6. L5
  7. E3
  8. Y9

Letter by letter, Kingsley becomes 54647539 (8 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 4,678,518. You'd read about 4.7 million digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 16,038 digits back to inepter
  • 16,721 digits back to vetting
  • monthly, 585 digits on
  • curfews, 1,103 digits on

Nearest of all: monthly, just 585 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Past the first million! Your name is a proper explorer.

Printed as a book, you'd turn 2,339 pages before finding your name.

How early is Kingsley?

Number 1,628 of 2,007: Kingsley beats 18% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Kingsley's neighbours on this list

Kingsley 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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