Is 42549473 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 549 473 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 42 549 473, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 549 473. Therefore 42 549 473 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 549 473 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 549 473.
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Since 42549473 is a prime number, 42549473 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42549473 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42549473 without 42549473 itself (that is 1, by definition!).