What are the divisors of 4187?

1, 53, 79, 4187

There is a total of 4 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 4320.
The arithmetic mean is 1080.

4 odd divisors

1, 53, 79, 4187

How to compute the divisors of 4187?

A number N is said to be divisible by a number M (with M non-zero) if, when we divide N by M, the remainder of the division is zero.

$N mod M = 0$

Brute force algorithm

We could start by using a brute-force method which would involve dividing 4187 by each of the numbers from 1 to 4187 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.

$Remainder = N - (M \times ⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋)$

(where $⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋$ is the integer part of the quotient)

4187 / 1 = 4187 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 4187)
4187 / 2 = 2093.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 4187)
4187 / 3 = 1395.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 4187)
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4187 / 4186 = 1.0002388915432 (the remainder is 1, so 4186 is not a divisor of 4187)
4187 / 4187 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 4187 is a divisor of 4187)

Improved algorithm using square-root

However, there is another slightly better approach that reduces the number of iterations by testing only integers less than or equal to the square root of 4187 (i.e. 64.707032075347). Indeed, if a number N has a divisor D greater than its square root, then there is necessarily a smaller divisor d such that:

$D \times d = N$

(thus, if $\frac{N}{D} = d$ , then $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

4187 / 1 = 4187 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 4187 are divisors of 4187)
4187 / 2 = 2093.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 4187)
4187 / 3 = 1395.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 4187)
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4187 / 63 = 66.460317460317 (the remainder is 29, so 63 is not a divisor of 4187)
4187 / 64 = 65.421875 (the remainder is 27, so 64 is not a divisor of 4187)