Is 42396407 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 396 407 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 42 396 407, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 396 407. Therefore 42 396 407 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 396 407 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 396 407.
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Since 42396407 is a prime number, 42396407 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42396407 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42396407 without 42396407 itself (that is 1, by definition!).