Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Leia in π?

Found it: Leia starts at decimal place 90 of π.

Spelling Leia on a phone

  1. L5
  2. E3
  3. I4
  4. A2

Leia turns into 5342 on the keypad, 4 digits long.

The spot

Decimal place 90. That's about 90 digits into π.

Famous neighbours

  • 71 digits back to Goa
  • PSV Eindhoven, 531 digits on
  • Chennai Super Kings, 540 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Goa, 71 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Search complete. Mission: success!

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 90 cm long.

How early is Leia?

In the race through π, Leia comes in at number 14 of 2,007, ahead of 99% of the 2,007 names.

Leia's neighbours on this list

Leia is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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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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