General recursive function

μ-recursive function - one of several equivalent definitions of a computable function. Article “General recursive function” in English Wikipedia has 28.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.51 points.

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 “General recursive function”, its content was written by 91 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 403 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 112 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1057 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3801 in December 2002
• Global: #5561 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #300787 in November 2014
• Global: #151194 in February 2008

There are 19 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) General recursive function		28.7384
2	Estonian (et) Täisrekursiivne funktsioon		28.3155
3	French (fr) Fonction récursive		16.9822
4	Chinese (zh) 递归函数		15.041
5	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		13.903
6	Polish (pl) Funkcja rekurencyjna		11.9753
7	Greek (el) Μ-αναδρομική συνάρτηση		11.3887
8	Portuguese (pt) Função μ-recursiva		10.0958
9	Persian (fa) تابع μ-بازگشتی		9.4295
10	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		8.6205

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

The most popular language versions of the article "General recursive function" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) General recursive function		462 349
2	French (fr) Fonction récursive		277 546
3	Spanish (es) Función recursiva		171 444
4	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		144 475
5	German (de) Μ-Rekursion		118 291
6	Polish (pl) Funkcja rekurencyjna		107 451
7	Japanese (ja) Μ再帰関数		67 845
8	Chinese (zh) 递归函数		59 708
9	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		44 653
10	Hebrew (he) פונקציה רקורסיבית		25 894

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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 "General recursive function" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) General recursive function		2 267
2	French (fr) Fonction récursive		590
3	Japanese (ja) Μ再帰関数		282
4	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		259
5	German (de) Μ-Rekursion		248
6	Chinese (zh) 递归函数		243
7	Spanish (es) Función recursiva		155
8	Polish (pl) Funkcja rekurencyjna		131
9	Hebrew (he) פונקציה רקורסיבית		91
10	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		64

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

Language versions of the article "General recursive function" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) General recursive function		91
2	French (fr) Fonction récursive		76
3	German (de) Μ-Rekursion		45
4	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		36
5	Polish (pl) Funkcja rekurencyjna		27
6	Spanish (es) Función recursiva		21
7	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		21
8	Japanese (ja) Μ再帰関数		15
9	Chinese (zh) 递归函数		13
10	Hebrew (he) פונקציה רקורסיבית		11

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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 "General recursive function" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Estonian (et) Täisrekursiivne funktsioon		1
2	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		1
3	Japanese (ja) Μ再帰関数		1
4	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		1
5	Catalan (ca) Funció recursiva		0
6	Czech (cs) Částečně rekurzivní funkce		0
7	German (de) Μ-Rekursion		0
8	Greek (el) Μ-αναδρομική συνάρτηση		0
9	English (en) General recursive function		0
10	Spanish (es) Función recursiva		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 "General recursive function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Fonction récursive		299
2	Ukrainian (uk) Загальна рекурсивна функція		216
3	English (en) General recursive function		112
4	Chinese (zh) 递归函数		111
5	Korean (ko) Μ-재귀 함수		55
6	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva		52
7	Japanese (ja) Μ再帰関数		50
8	Spanish (es) Función recursiva		39
9	Hebrew (he) פונקציה רקורסיבית		28
10	German (de) Μ-Rekursion		23

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Funció recursiva
cs	Czech Částečně rekurzivní funkce
de	German Μ-Rekursion
el	Greek Μ-αναδρομική συνάρτηση
en	English General recursive function
es	Spanish Función recursiva
et	Estonian Täisrekursiivne funktsioon
fa	Persian تابع μ-بازگشتی
fr	French Fonction récursive
he	Hebrew פונקציה רקורסיבית
it	Italian Funzione ricorsiva
ja	Japanese Μ再帰関数
ko	Korean Μ-재귀 함수
nl	Dutch Μ-recursieve functie
pl	Polish Funkcja rekurencyjna
pt	Portuguese Função μ-recursiva
sr	Serbian Μ-рекурзивна функција
uk	Ukrainian Загальна рекурсивна функція
zh	Chinese 递归函数

Best Rank

English: #300787 11.2014

Global: #151194 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #3801 12.2002

Global: #5561 05.2002

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