Is 42981139 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 981 139 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 42 981 139, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 981 139. Therefore 42 981 139 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 981 139 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 981 139.
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Since 42981139 is a prime number, 42981139 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42981139 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42981139 without 42981139 itself (that is 1, by definition!).