Is 42000191 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 000 191 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 42 000 191, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 000 191. Therefore 42 000 191 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 000 191 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 000 191.
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Since 42000191 is a prime number, 42000191 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42000191 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42000191 without 42000191 itself (that is 1, by definition!).