Is 40918519 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 918 519 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 40 918 519, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 918 519. Therefore 40 918 519 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 918 519 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 918 519.
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Since 40918519 is a prime number, 40918519 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40918519 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40918519 without 40918519 itself (that is 1, by definition!).