Is 37404359 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 37 404 359 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 37 404 359, the only two divisors are 1 and 37 404 359. Therefore 37 404 359 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 37 404 359 is only a multiple of 1 and 37 404 359.
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Since 37404359 is a prime number, 37404359 is also a deficient number, that is to say 37404359 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 37404359 without 37404359 itself (that is 1, by definition!).