Is 200438729 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 200 438 729 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 200 438 729, the only two divisors are 1 and 200 438 729. Therefore 200 438 729 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 200 438 729 is only a multiple of 1 and 200 438 729.
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Since 200438729 is a prime number, 200438729 is also a deficient number, that is to say 200438729 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 200438729 without 200438729 itself (that is 1, by definition!).