Is 60015997 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 60 015 997 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 60 015 997, the only two divisors are 1 and 60 015 997. Therefore 60 015 997 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 60 015 997 is only a multiple of 1 and 60 015 997.
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Since 60015997 is a prime number, 60015997 is also a deficient number, that is to say 60015997 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 60015997 without 60015997 itself (that is 1, by definition!).