Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Shayla in π?

Shayla is in π. First stop: decimal place 100,543.

Shayla on the keypad

  1. S7
  2. H4
  3. A2
  4. Y9
  5. L5
  6. A2

On a phone, Shayla is 742952. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 100,543. It sits about 100,543 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 343 digits back to flagons
  • 451 digits back to Paris
  • jostled, 1,215 digits on
  • John Machin, 7,347 digits on

flagons is the nearest famous face, 343 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Search complete. Mission: success!

Reading one digit a second, you'd reach your name in 1.2 days.

Among popular names

Number 761 of 2,007: Shayla beats 62% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Shayla

Shayla 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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