Is 16829437 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 829 437 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 16 829 437, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 829 437. Therefore 16 829 437 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 829 437 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 829 437.
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Since 16829437 is a prime number, 16829437 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16829437 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16829437 without 16829437 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
