Is 55162337 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 55 162 337 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 55 162 337, the only two divisors are 1 and 55 162 337. Therefore 55 162 337 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 55 162 337 is only a multiple of 1 and 55 162 337.
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Since 55162337 is a prime number, 55162337 is also a deficient number, that is to say 55162337 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 55162337 without 55162337 itself (that is 1, by definition!).