Is 42104659 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 104 659 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 42 104 659, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 104 659. Therefore 42 104 659 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 104 659 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 104 659.
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Since 42104659 is a prime number, 42104659 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42104659 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42104659 without 42104659 itself (that is 1, by definition!).