Is 500555137 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 500 555 137 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 500 555 137, the only two divisors are 1 and 500 555 137. Therefore 500 555 137 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 500 555 137 is only a multiple of 1 and 500 555 137.
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Since 500555137 is a prime number, 500555137 is also a deficient number, that is to say 500555137 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 500555137 without 500555137 itself (that is 1, by definition!).