Is 42558163 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 42 558 163 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 42 558 163, the only two divisors are 1 and 42 558 163. Therefore 42 558 163 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 42 558 163 is only a multiple of 1 and 42 558 163.
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Since 42558163 is a prime number, 42558163 is also a deficient number, that is to say 42558163 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 42558163 without 42558163 itself (that is 1, by definition!).