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 55.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 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.

In June 2026 the article “Finite difference method” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Finite difference method”, its content was written by 106 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 495 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 297 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1213 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #23825 in November 2016
• Global: #27424 in January 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #33749 in March 2019
• Global: #36415 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, 2026 (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		55.8353
2	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		45.9471
3	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		35.8905
4	Finnish (fi) Differenssimenetelmä		20.3519
5	Japanese (ja) 差分法		19.401
6	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		15.9266
7	Turkish (tr) Sonlu farklar yöntemi		14.1281
8	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		11.7468
9	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		11.727
10	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		11.4739

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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		2 887 718
2	Japanese (ja) 差分法		752 238
3	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		527 443
4	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		440 854
5	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		389 871
6	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		183 508
7	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		182 307
8	Italian (it) Metodo delle differenze finite		177 809
9	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		162 693
10	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		94 156

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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 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Finite difference method		4 141
2	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		797
3	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		655
4	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		570
5	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		446
6	Japanese (ja) 差分法		379
7	Italian (it) Metodo delle differenze finite		196
8	Polish (pl) Metoda różnic skończonych		185
9	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		175
10	Spanish (es) Método de las diferencias finitas		103

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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		106
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		16
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 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طريقة الفروق المنتهية		1
2	English (en) Finite difference method		1
3	Ukrainian (uk) Метод скінченних різниць		1
4	Catalan (ca) Mètode de diferències finites		0
5	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		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		297
2	Chinese (zh) 有限差分法		136
3	Japanese (ja) 差分法		122
4	French (fr) Méthode des différences finies		109
5	Russian (ru) Метод конечных разностей		105
6	Ukrainian (uk) Метод скінченних різниць		82
7	German (de) Finite-Differenzen-Methode		65
8	Portuguese (pt) Método das diferenças finitas		49
9	Korean (ko) 유한차분법		39
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: #33749 03.2019

Global: #36415 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #23825 11.2016

Global: #27424 01.2010

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