Is 490261337 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 490 261 337 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 490 261 337, the only two divisors are 1 and 490 261 337. Therefore 490 261 337 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 490 261 337 is only a multiple of 1 and 490 261 337.
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Since 490261337 is a prime number, 490261337 is also a deficient number, that is to say 490261337 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 490261337 without 490261337 itself (that is 1, by definition!).