Is 37209229 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 37 209 229 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 37 209 229, the only two divisors are 1 and 37 209 229. Therefore 37 209 229 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 37 209 229 is only a multiple of 1 and 37 209 229.
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Since 37209229 is a prime number, 37209229 is also a deficient number, that is to say 37209229 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 37209229 without 37209229 itself (that is 1, by definition!).