Is 42461729 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 461 729 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 42 461 729, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 461 729. Therefore 42 461 729 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 461 729 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 461 729.
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Since 42461729 is a prime number, 42461729 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42461729 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42461729 without 42461729 itself (that is 1, by definition!).