Primitive recursive function

Primitive recursive function - function that can be computed with loops of bounded length. Article “Primitive recursive function” in English Wikipedia has 44.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 21 references and 31 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 “Primitive recursive function”, its content was written by 158 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 432 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 433 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1081 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #425 in December 2001
• Global: #447 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #142660 in March 2015
• Global: #142082 in February 2008

There are 15 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) Primitive recursive function		44.4328
2	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		27.8506
3	Serbian (sr) Примитивна рекурзивна функција		23.9425
4	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		23.2146
5	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		15.4887
6	Japanese (ja) 原始再帰関数		13.3643
7	Hebrew (he) פונקציה פרימיטיבית רקורסיבית		12.1983
8	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva primitiva		12.1472
9	Catalan (ca) Funcions recursives primitives		11.3487
10	Portuguese (pt) Função recursiva primitiva		7.0586

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Primitive recursive function		958 761
2	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		185 204
3	Japanese (ja) 原始再帰関数		110 342
4	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		94 805
5	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva primitiva		67 893
6	Spanish (es) Recursión primitiva		63 569
7	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		38 579
8	Hebrew (he) פונקציה פרימיטיבית רקורסיבית		21 892
9	Portuguese (pt) Função recursiva primitiva		19 054
10	Czech (cs) Primitivně rekurzivní funkce		10 893

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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 "Primitive recursive function" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Primitive recursive function		2 177
2	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		371
3	Japanese (ja) 原始再帰関数		257
4	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		177
5	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		115
6	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva primitiva		83
7	Spanish (es) Recursión primitiva		47
8	Hebrew (he) פונקציה פרימיטיבית רקורסיבית		35
9	Korean (ko) 원시 재귀 함수		26
10	Portuguese (pt) Função recursiva primitiva		25

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

Language versions of the article "Primitive 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) Primitive recursive function		158
2	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		58
3	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		53
4	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva primitiva		48
5	Hebrew (he) פונקציה פרימיטיבית רקורסיבית		24
6	Japanese (ja) 原始再帰関数		21
7	Spanish (es) Recursión primitiva		14
8	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		14
9	Portuguese (pt) Função recursiva primitiva		11
10	Czech (cs) Primitivně rekurzivní funkce		10

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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 "Primitive recursive function" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Serbian (sr) Примитивна рекурзивна функција		2
2	Italian (it) Funzione ricorsiva primitiva		1
3	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		1
4	Arabic (ar) دالة عودية بدائية		0
5	Catalan (ca) Funcions recursives primitives		0
6	Czech (cs) Primitivně rekurzivní funkce		0
7	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		0
8	English (en) Primitive recursive function		0
9	Spanish (es) Recursión primitiva		0
10	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		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 "Primitive recursive function" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Primitive recursive function		433
2	Portuguese (pt) Função recursiva primitiva		171
3	Japanese (ja) 原始再帰関数		121
4	Chinese (zh) 原始递归函数		110
5	Arabic (ar) دالة عودية بدائية		66
6	Korean (ko) 원시 재귀 함수		41
7	French (fr) Fonction récursive primitive		38
8	German (de) Primitiv-rekursive Funktion		24
9	Spanish (es) Recursión primitiva		21
10	Catalan (ca) Funcions recursives primitives		18

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic دالة عودية بدائية
ca	Catalan Funcions recursives primitives
cs	Czech Primitivně rekurzivní funkce
de	German Primitiv-rekursive Funktion
en	English Primitive recursive function
es	Spanish Recursión primitiva
fr	French Fonction récursive primitive
he	Hebrew פונקציה פרימיטיבית רקורסיבית
it	Italian Funzione ricorsiva primitiva
ja	Japanese 原始再帰関数
ko	Korean 원시 재귀 함수
nl	Dutch Primitief recursieve functie
pt	Portuguese Função recursiva primitiva
sr	Serbian Примитивна рекурзивна функција
zh	Chinese 原始递归函数

Best Rank

English: #142660 03.2015

Global: #142082 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #425 12.2001

Global: #447 12.2001

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