TITLE: Prove that, $(2\cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdot ... \cdot 4000)-(1\cdot 3 \cdot 5 \cdot ...\cdot 3999)$ is a multiple of $2001$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Prove that the difference between the product of the first 2000 even numbers and the first $2000$ odd numbers is a multiple of $2001$. Please show the method.
I have started with the following process:
$$(2\cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdots 4000)-(1\cdot 3 \cdot 5 \cdots 3999)$$ 
How we can proceed it to find that it is a multiple of $2001$?

REPLY [5 votes]: We have $$2001=3\times 23 \times 29.$$ 
Now note that $$\begin{align}2\cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdot ... \cdot 4000&=(2\times 1)\cdot (2 \times 2) \cdot (2 \times 3) \cdot ... \cdot  (2\times 2000)\\
&=2^{2000}\times 1\cdot2\cdot3\cdot... \cdot23 \cdot ... \cdot 29 \cdot....\cdot2000
\end{align}$$
Therefore $2\cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdot ... \cdot 4000$ is a multiple of $2001$. Now since the other number is the multiplication of odd numbers including $3$, $23$, and $29$, it is also a multiple of $2001$. Therefore the difference is also a multiple of $2001$.