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List of numbersIntegers

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666
CardinalSix hundred [and] sixty-six
Ordinal666th
Factorization[2 \cdot 3^2 \cdot 37]
Roman numeralDCLXVI
Binary1010011010
Hexadecimal29A
Base32KQ
Base36II

In mathematics

666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers.

Since 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth number of the form [n^2(n^2+1)/2] (triangular squares) and the eighth number of the form [n(n+1)(n^2+n+2)/8] (doubly triangular numbers.)

There is no number whose value of Euler's totient function φ is 666, making it a nontotient.

The harmonic mean of the digits of 666 is an integer: 3/(1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6) = 6, making 666 the 54th number with this property.

In base 10, 666 is a palindromic number, a repdigit and a Smith number. A prime reciprocal magic square based on 1/149 in base 10 has a magic total of 666.

The Roman numeral representation of the number 666 (DCLXVI) uses once each the Roman numeral symbols with values under 1,000, and they occur in exact reverse order of their respective values (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).

In other fields

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According to translator's comments in the New English Translation (NET) Bible[link], some maintain that recent discoveries show that 616 could possibly be the correct number of the beast, and not the commonly known 666. A few manuscripts of the Book of Revelation read 616 at chapter 13:17-18, and there are several other numerical variations. Irenaeus' mention of manuscripts having 616 is balanced by his rejection of their accuracy. The reading 616 is intriguing since the conversion of Nero Caesar's name in Latin by way of gematria, Hebrew numerology, comes out to 616. But for this very reason it is suspect because such a reading seems motivated by that very fact and somewhat contrived. Nero is recorded in the Talmud as having converted to Judaism before his death, and was not a major figure in the history of both the Pharisees or the Saducees.

End of the world Biblical interpreters had conjectured that June 6, 2006 [] and June 6, 1906 [link] (06/06/06) would be "days of the Beast" and had prophesied that the Antichrist would reveal himself on the latter date. This was not considered a mainstream Christian view. Both dates were uneventful.

 


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