Is 40478063 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 478 063 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 40 478 063, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 478 063. Therefore 40 478 063 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 478 063 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 478 063.
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Since 40478063 is a prime number, 40478063 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40478063 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40478063 without 40478063 itself (that is 1, by definition!).