Is 16013509 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 013 509 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 16 013 509, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 013 509. Therefore 16 013 509 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 013 509 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 013 509.
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Since 16013509 is a prime number, 16013509 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16013509 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16013509 without 16013509 itself (that is 1, by definition!).