Is 742017511 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 742 017 511 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 742 017 511, the only two divisors are 1 and 742 017 511. Therefore 742 017 511 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 742 017 511 is only a multiple of 1 and 742 017 511.
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Since 742017511 is a prime number, 742017511 is also a deficient number, that is to say 742017511 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 742017511 without 742017511 itself (that is 1, by definition!).