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2000 (number)

natural number

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ241253
Source-derived summary

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.

Editorial summary

“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.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 1999, 2001, 2099—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around number and natural.
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Why this record matters

“2000 (number)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, number and natural provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q241253. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2000, 1999, 2001 and 2099.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from 2000 (number)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.