Is 42509827 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 509 827 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 42 509 827, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 509 827. Therefore 42 509 827 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 509 827 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 509 827.
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Since 42509827 is a prime number, 42509827 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42509827 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42509827 without 42509827 itself (that is 1, by definition!).