2000 (number)
natural number

2000 (two thousand) is a natural number following 1999 and preceding 2001.
In mathematics
2000 is:
the highest number expressible using only two unmodified characters in Roman numerals (MM)
an Achilles number
smallest four digit eban number
the sum of all the nban numbers (sequence A008537 in the OEIS)
Selected numbers in the range 2001–2999
2001 to 2099
2002
2002 = 2 × 7 × 11 × 13. It is a palindromic number in decimal, base 76, 90, 142, and 11 other non-trivial bases.
2003
2003 is a Sophie Germain prime.
2005
2005 = 5 × 401. It is a vertically symmetric number.
2011
2011 is a sexy prime with 2017. It is also the sum of eleven consecutive primes: 2011 = 157 + 163 + 167 + 173 + 179 + 181 + 191 + 193 + 197 + 199 + 211
2015
2015 = 5 × 13 × 31. It is a Lucas–Carmichael number.
2016
2016 = 25 × 32 × 7.
“2000 (number)” enters the record as natural number. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what number and natural can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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