Is 62460421 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 62 460 421 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 62 460 421, the only two divisors are 1 and 62 460 421. Therefore 62 460 421 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 62 460 421 is only a multiple of 1 and 62 460 421.
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Since 62460421 is a prime number, 62460421 is also a deficient number, that is to say 62460421 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 62460421 without 62460421 itself (that is 1, by definition!).