Is 42535973 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 535 973 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 42 535 973, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 535 973. Therefore 42 535 973 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 535 973 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 535 973.
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Since 42535973 is a prime number, 42535973 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42535973 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42535973 without 42535973 itself (that is 1, by definition!).