Is 491578049 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 491 578 049 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 491 578 049, the only two divisors are 1 and 491 578 049. Therefore 491 578 049 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 491 578 049 is only a multiple of 1 and 491 578 049.
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Since 491578049 is a prime number, 491578049 is also a deficient number, that is to say 491578049 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 491578049 without 491578049 itself (that is 1, by definition!).