Is 742017569 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 742 017 569 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 742 017 569, the only two divisors are 1 and 742 017 569. Therefore 742 017 569 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 742 017 569 is only a multiple of 1 and 742 017 569.
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Since 742017569 is a prime number, 742017569 is also a deficient number, that is to say 742017569 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 742017569 without 742017569 itself (that is 1, by definition!).