Talk:666 (number)

Way too much stuff

Okay, this is just ridiculous. Some of this is marginally interesting, but honestly, saying what Alt-666 will get you? Why not add what Unicode character 666 is? (There isn't one; it skips straight from 601 to 710.) Or how about adding what day of the week June 6, 1966 was? (It was a Monday.) I mean, come on! I'm considering the removal of:

• All "the 666th X is Y", like "The 666th non square-free number is 1701." This is not a mathematical property of 666.
• Stupidly obvious stuff, like "666 is the 333rd even number".
• The entries about $6^{6^{6}}$ and Ü.

Any opinions? If nobody objects, I'll just delete the stuff, and narrow the entry down mostly to legitimate mathematical properties. —Simetrical 20:17, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree with you, but it seems you never got around to this. Since nobody has responded to this. I will leave it a couple of days to give people time to object, then do it myself. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 20:47, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hold on, it appears that some of this stuff has gone and some new junk has crept in. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 20:50, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

userbox for people obsessed with 666

{{User:Java7837/Userboxing/User 666thian}}

666	This user is a 666thian; he or she sees the number 666 everywhere. ((view))

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Java7837 (talk • contribs)

John of Patmos encoded Neron Kaisar (Greek) as "666", Nero Caesar (Latin) became "616" in Vulgate

I added... John of Patmos encoded Neron Kaisar as "six hundred sixty-six (666)" by transliterating his name in Greek into Hebrew gematria. Nero Caesar in Latin was transliterated into "six hundred sixteen (616)" through Hebrew gematria. "616" appeared in the Latin Vulgate. 73.85.202.238 (talk) 13:57, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

616 is an alternative to 666 known from a few old Bible manuscripts. I'm not sure how much relevance it has to this article (as opposed to Number of the beast). AnonMoos (talk) 00:23, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

In Mathematics

I found that 666=(6•6•6)+(6•6•6)+(6•6•6)+(6+6+6). The same may, of course, be written simply in exponential notation as 3((2³•3³)+(2¹•3¹)), but in basic arithmetic operations without limiting to least common factors, its form is of note. To see if this is a more general pattern among repdigits, I conducted a few trials, but did not find other occurrences. I have no proof on its uniqueness. Perhaps this is but an artifact of some more complex or non-obvious-to-me mathematical principle, which is why I have put it in the Talk section. Multiannis (talk) 17:12, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

The expression effectively multiplies 6 by 111, which is 3×(6²+1). Only 6 works here, because n²+1 isn't a factor of 111 for other n. Certes (talk) 22:37, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Edit request

As "666" seems to be edit filtered, can someone add a link to the disambiguation page?

Change the hatnote

{{for|the year 666 AD|AD 666}}

For the year 666 AD, see AD 666.

to

{{about|the numerical value|the year 666 AD|AD 666|other uses|666 (disambiguation)}}

This article is about the numerical value. For the year 666 AD, see AD 666. For other uses, see 666 (disambiguation).

-- 67.70.26.89 (talk) 03:28, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

 Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:39, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

666

The subject of 666 is misunderstood.The scripture says that 666 is the number of the name of a man.The first six of the most significant digit represent the initial of the first name and the position the alphabet lies on the alphabetical list.The second digit represent the middle name and the last digit represent the surname or tittle.Note that the old Hebrew contained no Vowels but only consonants. Using the Roman letters,a name like Avensius Armenius Augustus would be written as Hvnshhs Hrmnhs Hgsths.If we remove the Vowels from the Roman Alphabets,the letter H lies the sixth place and the name vnshhs Hrmnhs Hgsths can numerically be represeted as 666. 666 is the initials of a name of the Roman emperor Avensius Armenius Augustus.He is the the man referred to in the scripture as the son of Perdition.Note that at his command the second Temple that was at Jerusalem was destroyed by his son Titus Christianitystudycentre (talk) 18:41, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

That's not how it works with traditional examples such as "Nero(n) Kaisar". Ancient isopsephy used the Greek alphabet, and the New Testament is in Greek, so I really don't know why the Latin alphabet would be relevant at all... AnonMoos (talk) 19:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)