Is 42401971 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 401 971 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 42 401 971, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 401 971. Therefore 42 401 971 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 401 971 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 401 971.
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Since 42401971 is a prime number, 42401971 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42401971 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42401971 without 42401971 itself (that is 1, by definition!).