Function that checks if the passed number is prime or not

Function Declaration in Python.py

def is_prime(n):
    if n <= 1:
        return False
    elif n <= 3:
        return True
    elif n % 2 == 0 or n % 3 == 0:
        return False
    current_number = 5
    while current_number * current_number <= n:
        if n % current_number == 0 or n % (current_number + 2) == 0:
            return False
        current_number = current_number + 6
    return True