Is 420271967 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 420 271 967 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 420 271 967, the only two divisors are 1 and 420 271 967. Therefore 420 271 967 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 420 271 967 is only a multiple of 1 and 420 271 967.
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Since 420271967 is a prime number, 420271967 is also a deficient number, that is to say 420271967 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 420271967 without 420271967 itself (that is 1, by definition!).