Is 501401671 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 501 401 671 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 501 401 671, the only two divisors are 1 and 501 401 671. Therefore 501 401 671 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 501 401 671 is only a multiple of 1 and 501 401 671.
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Since 501401671 is a prime number, 501401671 is also a deficient number, that is to say 501401671 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 501401671 without 501401671 itself (that is 1, by definition!).