Is 14143 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 14 143 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 14 143, the only two divisors are 1 and 14 143. Therefore 14 143 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 14 143 is only a multiple of 1 and 14 143.
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Since 14143 is a prime number, 14143 is also a deficient number, that is to say 14143 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 14143 without 14143 itself (that is 1, by definition!).