Is 42096589 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 096 589 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 42 096 589, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 096 589. Therefore 42 096 589 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 096 589 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 096 589.
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Since 42096589 is a prime number, 42096589 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42096589 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42096589 without 42096589 itself (that is 1, by definition!).