Finite difference method

Finite difference method - numerical methods for solving differential equations by approximating them with difference equations. Article “Finite difference method” in English Wikipedia has 55.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 15 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Finite difference method”, its content was written by 104 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 491 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 281 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1221 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #23791 in November 2016
• Global: #27433 in January 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #33558 in March 2019
• Global: #35407 in December 2014

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Finite difference method		55.2349
2	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		46.995
3	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		35.9614
4	Finnish (fi) Differenssimenetelmä		20.3547
5	Japanese (ja) 差分法		19.6834
6	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		15.925
7	Turkish (tr) Sonlu farklar yöntemi		14.1047
8	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		11.8107
9	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		11.743
10	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		11.4648

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Finite difference method" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Finite difference method		2 813 397
2	Japanese (ja) 差分法		782 369
3	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		515 939
4	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		411 292
5	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		381 853
6	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		179 827
7	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		176 929
8	Italian (it) Metodo delle differenze finite		174 300
9	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		159 831
10	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		92 008

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Finite difference method" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Finite difference method		6 929
2	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		1 219
3	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		915
4	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		915
5	Japanese (ja) 差分法		906
6	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		705
7	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		364
8	Italian (it) Metodo delle differenze finite		311
9	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		266
10	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		252

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Finite difference method" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Finite difference method		104
2	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		78
3	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		53
4	Italian (it) Metodo delle differenze finite		40
5	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		36
6	Japanese (ja) 差分法		32
7	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		22
8	Dutch (nl) Eindige-differentiemethode		21
9	Ukrainian (uk) Метод скінченних різниць		15
10	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Finite difference method" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Ukrainian (uk) Метод скінченних різниць		1
2	Arabic (ar) طريقة الفروق المنتهية		0
3	Catalan (ca) Mètode de diferències finites		0
4	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		0
5	English (en) Finite difference method		0
6	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		0
7	Persian (fa) روش تفاضل محدود		0
8	Finnish (fi) Differenssimenetelmä		0
9	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		0
10	Hindi (hi) परिमित अन्तर विधि		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Finite difference method" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Finite difference method		281
2	Japanese (ja) 差分法		185
3	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		132
4	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		107
5	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		88
6	Ukrainian (uk) Метод скінченних різниць		75
7	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		66
8	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		46
9	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		40
10	Turkish (tr) Sonlu farklar yöntemi		38

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طريقة الفروق المنتهية
ca	Catalan Mètode de diferències finites
de	German Finite-Differenzen-Methode
en	English Finite difference method
es	Spanish Método de las diferencias finitas
fa	Persian روش تفاضل محدود
fi	Finnish Differenssimenetelmä
fr	French Méthode des différences finies
hi	Hindi परिमित अन्तर विधि
it	Italian Metodo delle differenze finite
ja	Japanese 差分法
ko	Korean 유한차분법
nl	Dutch Eindige-differentiemethode
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Differensrekning
pl	Polish Metoda różnic skończonych
pt	Portuguese Método das diferenças finitas
ru	Russian Метод конечных разностей
sv	Swedish Finita differensmetoden
tr	Turkish Sonlu farklar yöntemi
uk	Ukrainian Метод скінченних різниць
zh	Chinese 有限差分法

Best Rank

English: #33558 03.2019

Global: #35407 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #23791 11.2016

Global: #27433 01.2010

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