Is 80378479 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 80 378 479 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 80 378 479, the only two divisors are 1 and 80 378 479. Therefore 80 378 479 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 80 378 479 is only a multiple of 1 and 80 378 479.
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Since 80378479 is a prime number, 80378479 is also a deficient number, that is to say 80378479 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 80378479 without 80378479 itself (that is 1, by definition!).