Is 46264037 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 46 264 037 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 46 264 037, the only two divisors are 1 and 46 264 037. Therefore 46 264 037 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 46 264 037 is only a multiple of 1 and 46 264 037.
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Since 46264037 is a prime number, 46264037 is also a deficient number, that is to say 46264037 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 46264037 without 46264037 itself (that is 1, by definition!).