Is 42411997 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 411 997 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 42 411 997, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 411 997. Therefore 42 411 997 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 411 997 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 411 997.
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Since 42411997 is a prime number, 42411997 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42411997 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42411997 without 42411997 itself (that is 1, by definition!).