Is 60378317 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 60 378 317 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 60 378 317, the only two divisors are 1 and 60 378 317. Therefore 60 378 317 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 60 378 317 is only a multiple of 1 and 60 378 317.
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Since 60378317 is a prime number, 60378317 is also a deficient number, that is to say 60378317 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 60378317 without 60378317 itself (that is 1, by definition!).
