Is 31979237 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 31 979 237 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 31 979 237, the only two divisors are 1 and 31 979 237. Therefore 31 979 237 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 31 979 237 is only a multiple of 1 and 31 979 237.
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Since 31979237 is a prime number, 31979237 is also a deficient number, that is to say 31979237 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 31979237 without 31979237 itself (that is 1, by definition!).