Is 42438959 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 438 959 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 42 438 959, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 438 959. Therefore 42 438 959 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 438 959 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 438 959.
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Since 42438959 is a prime number, 42438959 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42438959 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42438959 without 42438959 itself (that is 1, by definition!).