Is 42510211 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 510 211 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 42 510 211, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 510 211. Therefore 42 510 211 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 510 211 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 510 211.
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Since 42510211 is a prime number, 42510211 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42510211 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42510211 without 42510211 itself (that is 1, by definition!).