Is 10738997 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 10 738 997 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 10 738 997, the only two divisors are 1 and 10 738 997. Therefore 10 738 997 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 10 738 997 is only a multiple of 1 and 10 738 997.
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Since 10738997 is a prime number, 10738997 is also a deficient number, that is to say 10738997 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 10738997 without 10738997 itself (that is 1, by definition!).