Is 131020831 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 131 020 831 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 131 020 831, the only two divisors are 1 and 131 020 831. Therefore 131 020 831 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 131 020 831 is only a multiple of 1 and 131 020 831.
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Since 131020831 is a prime number, 131020831 is also a deficient number, that is to say 131020831 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 131020831 without 131020831 itself (that is 1, by definition!).