Is 40357013 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 357 013 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 40 357 013, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 357 013. Therefore 40 357 013 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 357 013 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 357 013.
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Since 40357013 is a prime number, 40357013 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40357013 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40357013 without 40357013 itself (that is 1, by definition!).