Is 401009431 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 401 009 431 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 401 009 431, the only two divisors are 1 and 401 009 431. Therefore 401 009 431 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 401 009 431 is only a multiple of 1 and 401 009 431.
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Since 401009431 is a prime number, 401009431 is also a deficient number, that is to say 401009431 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 401009431 without 401009431 itself (that is 1, by definition!).