Is 42556231 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 556 231 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 42 556 231, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 556 231. Therefore 42 556 231 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 556 231 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 556 231.
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Since 42556231 is a prime number, 42556231 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42556231 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42556231 without 42556231 itself (that is 1, by definition!).