Is 502163309 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 502 163 309 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 502 163 309, the only two divisors are 1 and 502 163 309. Therefore 502 163 309 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 502 163 309 is only a multiple of 1 and 502 163 309.
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Since 502163309 is a prime number, 502163309 is also a deficient number, that is to say 502163309 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 502163309 without 502163309 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
