Initial value problem

Initial value problem - ordinary differential equation together with a specified value, called the initial condition, of the unknown function at a given point in the domain of the solution. Article "Initial value problem" in English Wikipedia has 12.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 6 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article "Initial value problem" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Initial value problem", its content was written by 83 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 221 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 102 times in English Wikipedia and cited 467 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #50840 in August 2004
• Global: #42095 in August 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #140911 in February 2013
• Global: #159526 in October 2009

There are 13 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	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		18.9395
2	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		17.4519
3	Chinese (zh) 初值問題		16.5048
4	Catalan (ca) Problema del valor inicial		16.4044
5	Romanian (ro) Problema valorii inițiale		14.3878
6	English (en) Initial value problem		12.3133
7	Persian (fa) مسئله مقدار اولیه		10.466
8	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		9.3726
9	Czech (cs) Počáteční úloha		6.7109
10	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		6.451

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Initial value problem" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Initial value problem		980 517
2	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		418 263
3	Spanish (es) Problema de valor inicial		134 629
4	Chinese (zh) 初值問題		82 617
5	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		80 414
6	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		53 951
7	Swedish (sv) Begynnelsevärdesproblem		24 498
8	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		22 020
9	Czech (cs) Počáteční úloha		19 795
10	Persian (fa) مسئله مقدار اولیه		9 298

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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 "Initial value problem" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Initial value problem		1 868
2	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		581
3	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		245
4	Spanish (es) Problema de valor inicial		157
5	Chinese (zh) 初值問題		142
6	Czech (cs) Počáteční úloha		92
7	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		89
8	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		85
9	Romanian (ro) Problema valorii inițiale		24
10	Swedish (sv) Begynnelsevärdesproblem		22

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

Language versions of the article "Initial value problem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Initial value problem		83
2	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		67
3	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		15
4	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		13
5	Chinese (zh) 初值問題		12
6	Swedish (sv) Begynnelsevärdesproblem		8
7	Spanish (es) Problema de valor inicial		7
8	Greek (el) Αρχική τιμή		4
9	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		4
10	Persian (fa) مسئله مقدار اولیه		3

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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 "Initial value problem" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Initial value problem		2
2	Catalan (ca) Problema del valor inicial		0
3	Czech (cs) Počáteční úloha		0
4	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		0
5	Greek (el) Αρχική τιμή		0
6	Spanish (es) Problema de valor inicial		0
7	Persian (fa) مسئله مقدار اولیه		0
8	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		0
9	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		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 "Initial value problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Anfangswertproblem		121
2	English (en) Initial value problem		102
3	Japanese (ja) 初期値問題		55
4	Spanish (es) Problema de valor inicial		42
5	Chinese (zh) 初值問題		37
6	Czech (cs) Počáteční úloha		23
7	Portuguese (pt) Problema de valor inicial		23
8	Korean (ko) 초기값 문제		18
9	Swedish (sv) Begynnelsevärdesproblem		18
10	Romanian (ro) Problema valorii inițiale		11

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Problema del valor inicial
cs	Czech Počáteční úloha
de	German Anfangswertproblem
el	Greek Αρχική τιμή
en	English Initial value problem
es	Spanish Problema de valor inicial
fa	Persian مسئله مقدار اولیه
ja	Japanese 初期値問題
ko	Korean 초기값 문제
pt	Portuguese Problema de valor inicial
ro	Romanian Problema valorii inițiale
sv	Swedish Begynnelsevärdesproblem
zh	Chinese 初值問題

Best Rank

English: #140911 02.2013

Global: #159526 10.2009

Best Rank

English: #50840 08.2004

Global: #42095 08.2004

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