Is 16201709 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 201 709 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 16 201 709, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 201 709. Therefore 16 201 709 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 201 709 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 201 709.
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Since 16201709 is a prime number, 16201709 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16201709 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16201709 without 16201709 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
