Is 180015137 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 180 015 137 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 180 015 137, the only two divisors are 1 and 180 015 137. Therefore 180 015 137 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 180 015 137 is only a multiple of 1 and 180 015 137.
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Since 180015137 is a prime number, 180015137 is also a deficient number, that is to say 180015137 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 180015137 without 180015137 itself (that is 1, by definition!).