Is 142469897 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 142 469 897 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 142 469 897, the only two divisors are 1 and 142 469 897. Therefore 142 469 897 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 142 469 897 is only a multiple of 1 and 142 469 897.
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Since 142469897 is a prime number, 142469897 is also a deficient number, that is to say 142469897 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 142469897 without 142469897 itself (that is 1, by definition!).