Is 42394879 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 394 879 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 42 394 879, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 394 879. Therefore 42 394 879 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 394 879 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 394 879.
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Since 42394879 is a prime number, 42394879 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42394879 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42394879 without 42394879 itself (that is 1, by definition!).