Is 42148081 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 148 081 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 42 148 081, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 148 081. Therefore 42 148 081 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 148 081 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 148 081.
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Since 42148081 is a prime number, 42148081 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42148081 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42148081 without 42148081 itself (that is 1, by definition!).