Is 13987621 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 13 987 621 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 13 987 621, the only two divisors are 1 and 13 987 621. Therefore 13 987 621 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 13 987 621 is only a multiple of 1 and 13 987 621.
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Since 13987621 is a prime number, 13987621 is also a deficient number, that is to say 13987621 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 13987621 without 13987621 itself (that is 1, by definition!).