Is 401609489 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 401 609 489 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 401 609 489, the only two divisors are 1 and 401 609 489. Therefore 401 609 489 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 401 609 489 is only a multiple of 1 and 401 609 489.
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Since 401609489 is a prime number, 401609489 is also a deficient number, that is to say 401609489 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 401609489 without 401609489 itself (that is 1, by definition!).