Gamma function

Quality:

Gamma function - extension of the factorial function, with its argument shifted down by 1, to real and complex numbers. Article “Gamma function” in Simple English Wikipedia has 28.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Gamma function”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1682 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 14 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3346 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3720 in June 2017
• Global: #26 in June 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #1919 in November 2019
• Global: #7290 in December 2018

There are 48 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) Gamma function		81.3479
2	German (de) Gammafunktion		68.3782
3	Serbian (sr) Гама-функција		68.3774
4	Catalan (ca) Funció gamma		67.2932
5	Estonian (et) Gammafunktsioon		47.1227
6	Polish (pl) Funkcja Γ		45.7769
7	Malay (ms) Fungsi gamma		44.3811
8	Turkish (tr) Gama fonksiyonu		41.8214
9	Chinese (zh) Γ函数		39.6675
10	Ukrainian (uk) Гамма-функція		38.9919

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gamma function		12 350 011
2	German (de) Gammafunktion		1 300 106
3	Japanese (ja) ガンマ関数		1 271 070
4	Spanish (es) Función gamma		1 260 820
5	Russian (ru) Гамма-функция		1 256 688
6	French (fr) Fonction gamma		1 133 927
7	Chinese (zh) Γ函数		812 814
8	Italian (it) Funzione Gamma		585 277
9	Polish (pl) Funkcja Γ		361 252
10	Portuguese (pt) Função gama		278 091

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gamma function		33 427
2	Japanese (ja) ガンマ関数		3 962
3	German (de) Gammafunktion		3 210
4	Russian (ru) Гамма-функция		3 144
5	French (fr) Fonction gamma		3 019
6	Spanish (es) Función gamma		1 785
7	Chinese (zh) Γ函数		1 760
8	Italian (it) Funzione Gamma		1 490
9	Polish (pl) Funkcja Γ		1 451
10	Portuguese (pt) Função gama		591

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Gamma function		496
2	German (de) Gammafunktion		142
3	French (fr) Fonction gamma		121
4	Russian (ru) Гамма-функция		97
5	Italian (it) Funzione Gamma		79
6	Japanese (ja) ガンマ関数		78
7	Dutch (nl) Gammafunctie		58
8	Chinese (zh) Γ函数		53
9	Spanish (es) Función gamma		51
10	Polish (pl) Funkcja Γ		48

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Gamma function		3
2	Serbian (sr) Гама-функција		3
3	Persian (fa) تابع گاما		2
4	Polish (pl) Funkcja Γ		2
5	Arabic (ar) دالة غاما		1
6	Catalan (ca) Funció gamma		1
7	Basque (eu) Gamma funtzio		1
8	Japanese (ja) ガンマ関数		1
9	Korean (ko) 감마 함수		1
10	Tamil (ta) காமா சார்பியம்		1

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

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