Is 42732359 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 732 359 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 42 732 359, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 732 359. Therefore 42 732 359 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 732 359 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 732 359.
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Since 42732359 is a prime number, 42732359 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42732359 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42732359 without 42732359 itself (that is 1, by definition!).