Divisor 23399

Prime Number:
Yes!
Divisibility test:
The "Svanneton Test"
Test Discovered by:
Matt Parker
Date:
11/11/2024

The "Svanneton Test" for Divisibility by 23399

To determine if any number is divisible by 23399, apply the "Svanneton Test":

  1. If your number ("X") has 10 digits or more, separate the last (smallest) 9 digits from the rest. This makes two smaller numbers, call them Left and Right (note: don't add in trailing zeros to L). If there are fewer than 10 digits, L = 0 and therefore R = X.
  2. Multiply L by 3063 and subtract this from R.
  3. Take that result and cross off its final digit (units). Take this new number and add 2340 times the digit you just crossed off. Call this final result "Y".
  4. Y will be much smaller than X, but we have preserved divisibility by 23399. That is, your original number is divisible by 23399 if (and only if) Y is. Now that it's much smaller, with basic knowledge of your 23399-times tables, it should be easy to visually see if Y is divisible by 23399. If the Y is still much larger than 23399, the above process can be repeated until it does reduce to within small multiples of 23399.

Easy!