Is 440672737 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 440 672 737 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 440 672 737, the only two divisors are 1 and 440 672 737. Therefore 440 672 737 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 440 672 737 is only a multiple of 1 and 440 672 737.
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Since 440672737 is a prime number, 440672737 is also a deficient number, that is to say 440672737 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 440672737 without 440672737 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
