4

Number
$4$ (four) is:


 * The $2$nd square number, and the first square of a prime number:
 * $4 = 2 \times 2 = 2^2 = 1 + 3$


 * The $2$nd tetrahedral number after $1$:
 * $4 = 1 + 3 = \dfrac {2 \left({2 + 1}\right) \left({2 + 2}\right)} 6$


 * The $1$st semiprime:
 * $4 = 2 \times 2$


 * The $2$nd trimorphic number after $1$:
 * $4^3 = 6 \mathbf 4$


 * The $4$th Ulam number after $1, 2, 3$:
 * $4 = 1 + 3$


 * The $3$rd Lucas number after $(2), 1, 3$:
 * $4 = 1 + 3$


 * The $3$rd highly composite number after $1, 2$:
 * $\tau \left({4}\right) = 3$


 * The $3$rd superabundant number after $1, 2$:
 * $\dfrac {\sigma \left({4}\right)} 4 = \dfrac 7 4 = 1 \cdotp 75$


 * The $3$rd almost perfect number after $1, 2$:
 * $\sigma \left({4}\right) = 7 = 8 - 1$


 * The $2$nd powerful number after $1$


 * The number of faces and vertices of a tetrahedron


 * The number of sides and vertices of a square


 * The number of faces which meet at each vertex of a regular octahedron


 * The number of dimensions in Einstein's space-time


 * The only composite number $n$ such that $n \nmid \left({n - 1}\right)!$: see Divisibility of n-1 Factorial by Composite n‎


 * The smallest $n$ such that $n! + 1$ is square: see Brocard's Problem


 * The $5$th integer $n$ after $0, 1, 2, 3$ such that both $2^n$ and $5^n$ have no zeroes:
 * $2^4 = 16, 5^4 = 625$


 * The $4$th (strictly) positive integer after $1, 2, 3$ which cannot be expressed as the sum of exactly $5$ non-zero squares.


 * The $2$nd even number after $2$ which cannot be expressed as the sum of $2$ composite odd numbers.


 * The $3$rd after $1, 2$ of the $24$ positive integers which cannot be expressed as the sum of distinct non-pythagorean primes.


 * The only number which equals the number of letters in its name (four) when written in the English language.

Also see

 * Hyperbola can be Drawn through Four Non-Collinear Points
 * Plane Figure with Bilateral Symmetry about Two Lines has 4 Congruent Parts
 * Lagrange's Four Square Theorem
 * Ferrari's Method
 * Four Color Theorem