Is 60437477 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 60 437 477 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 60 437 477, the only two divisors are 1 and 60 437 477. Therefore 60 437 477 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 60 437 477 is only a multiple of 1 and 60 437 477.
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Since 60437477 is a prime number, 60437477 is also a deficient number, that is to say 60437477 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 60437477 without 60437477 itself (that is 1, by definition!).