Is 20420443 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 20 420 443 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 20 420 443, the only two divisors are 1 and 20 420 443. Therefore 20 420 443 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 20 420 443 is only a multiple of 1 and 20 420 443.
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Since 20420443 is a prime number, 20420443 is also a deficient number, that is to say 20420443 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 20420443 without 20420443 itself (that is 1, by definition!).