Is 120538459 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 120 538 459 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 120 538 459, the only two divisors are 1 and 120 538 459. Therefore 120 538 459 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 120 538 459 is only a multiple of 1 and 120 538 459.
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Since 120538459 is a prime number, 120538459 is also a deficient number, that is to say 120538459 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 120538459 without 120538459 itself (that is 1, by definition!).