Is 42279157 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 279 157 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 42 279 157, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 279 157. Therefore 42 279 157 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 279 157 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 279 157.
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Since 42279157 is a prime number, 42279157 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42279157 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42279157 without 42279157 itself (that is 1, by definition!).