Is 164942639 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 164 942 639 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 164 942 639, the only two divisors are 1 and 164 942 639. Therefore 164 942 639 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 164 942 639 is only a multiple of 1 and 164 942 639.
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Since 164942639 is a prime number, 164942639 is also a deficient number, that is to say 164942639 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 164942639 without 164942639 itself (that is 1, by definition!).