Is 42172817 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 172 817 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 42 172 817, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 172 817. Therefore 42 172 817 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 172 817 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 172 817.
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Since 42172817 is a prime number, 42172817 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42172817 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42172817 without 42172817 itself (that is 1, by definition!).