Is 462973967 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 462 973 967 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 462 973 967, the only two divisors are 1 and 462 973 967. Therefore 462 973 967 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 462 973 967 is only a multiple of 1 and 462 973 967.
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Since 462973967 is a prime number, 462973967 is also a deficient number, that is to say 462973967 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 462973967 without 462973967 itself (that is 1, by definition!).