Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Langston in π?

Yes! Langston first turns up at decimal place 45,537,104.

Langston on the keypad

  1. L5
  2. A2
  3. N6
  4. G4
  5. S7
  6. T8
  7. O6
  8. N6

On a phone, Langston is 52647866. That's the 8-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 45,537,104. It sits about 45.5 million digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 40,755 digits back to serener
  • 44,745 digits back to purging
  • appendix, 15,031 digits on
  • confers, 16,305 digits on

Nearest of all: appendix, just 15,031 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Millions of digits in, and π saved a spot just for you.

Your name is 10.8 marathons away, at one digit per centimetre.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Langston comes in at number 1,875 of 2,007, ahead of 6% of the 2,007 names.

Langston's neighbours on this list

Langston 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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