Is 48639137 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 48 639 137 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 48 639 137, the only two divisors are 1 and 48 639 137. Therefore 48 639 137 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 48 639 137 is only a multiple of 1 and 48 639 137.
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Since 48639137 is a prime number, 48639137 is also a deficient number, that is to say 48639137 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 48639137 without 48639137 itself (that is 1, by definition!).