Is 10072709 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 10 072 709 is a prime number.
Indeed, the definition of a prime numbers is to have exactly two distinct positive divisors, 1 and itself. A number is a divisor of another number when the remainder of Euclid’s division of the second one by the first one is zero. Concerning the number 10 072 709, the only two divisors are 1 and 10 072 709. Therefore 10 072 709 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 10 072 709 is only a multiple of 1 and 10 072 709.
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Since 10072709 is a prime number, 10072709 is also a deficient number, that is to say 10072709 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 10072709 without 10072709 itself (that is 1, by definition!).