Is 74701463 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 74 701 463 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 74 701 463, the only two divisors are 1 and 74 701 463. Therefore 74 701 463 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 74 701 463 is only a multiple of 1 and 74 701 463.
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Since 74701463 is a prime number, 74701463 is also a deficient number, that is to say 74701463 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 74701463 without 74701463 itself (that is 1, by definition!).