Is 42399503 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 399 503 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 42 399 503, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 399 503. Therefore 42 399 503 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 399 503 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 399 503.
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Since 42399503 is a prime number, 42399503 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42399503 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42399503 without 42399503 itself (that is 1, by definition!).