Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Lisa in π?

Found it: Lisa starts at decimal place 18,958 of π.

From letters to digits

  1. L5
  2. I4
  3. S7
  4. A2

Type Lisa on a phone keypad and you get 5472: 4 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 18,958. Roughly 18,958 digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 8 digits back to ethical
  • 625 digits back to Ajax
  • India, 1,253 digits on
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, 1,758 digits on

ethical is the nearest famous face, 8 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

Got it! Your name is in π, start to finish.

At one digit per centimetre, your name is 190 m down the tape.

How early is Lisa?

Lisa turns up earlier than 79% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 420 of the 2,007 we found.

Names close to Lisa

Keypad twins: Kira. Same digits (5472), same place in π.

Lisa 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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