Is 40337701 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 40 337 701 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 40 337 701, the only two divisors are 1 and 40 337 701. Therefore 40 337 701 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 40 337 701 is only a multiple of 1 and 40 337 701.
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Since 40337701 is a prime number, 40337701 is also a deficient number, that is to say 40337701 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 40337701 without 40337701 itself (that is 1, by definition!).