Is 42748859 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 748 859 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 42 748 859, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 748 859. Therefore 42 748 859 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 748 859 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 748 859.
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Since 42748859 is a prime number, 42748859 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42748859 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42748859 without 42748859 itself (that is 1, by definition!).