Is 42601577 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 601 577 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 42 601 577, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 601 577. Therefore 42 601 577 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 601 577 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 601 577.
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Since 42601577 is a prime number, 42601577 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42601577 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42601577 without 42601577 itself (that is 1, by definition!).