Is 15998321 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 15 998 321 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 15 998 321, the only two divisors are 1 and 15 998 321. Therefore 15 998 321 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 15 998 321 is only a multiple of 1 and 15 998 321.
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Since 15998321 is a prime number, 15998321 is also a deficient number, that is to say 15998321 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 15998321 without 15998321 itself (that is 1, by definition!).