Is 42785993 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 785 993 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 42 785 993, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 785 993. Therefore 42 785 993 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 785 993 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 785 993.
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Since 42785993 is a prime number, 42785993 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42785993 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42785993 without 42785993 itself (that is 1, by definition!).