Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Assessment/Frequently viewed/List

This list contains the most frequently viewed articles from the list of mathematics articles and list of mathematicians. Statistics for the subset of these articles that are tagged with the {{maths rating}} template can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Wikipedia 1.0/Frequently viewed.

List of top 500 mathematics articles by hitcount

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Updated 2009-6-2 based on data from January 2009 through April 2009 using data from stats.grok.se. The number shown is the trimmed mean daily hitcount after the top and bottom 10% of data points are discarded for each article. Hits for redirects are credited to the target article.

  1. Albert Einstein 32789
  2. Standard deviation 25784
  3. Isaac Newton 21272
  4. Galileo Galilei 15894
  5. Normal distribution 15529
  6. Stephen Hawking 14322
  7. Fibonacci number 13016
  8. Golden ratio 12514
  9. Definition 11989
  10. Prime number 11819
  11. Quadratic equation 11642
  12. Trigonometric functions 10895
  13. Pi 10540
  14. Newton's laws of motion 10181
  15. Roman numerals 9615
  16. René Descartes 9201
  17. Quantum mechanics 9171
  18. Pythagorean theorem 9111
  19. Chaos theory 8202
  20. Noam Chomsky 7707
  21. Game theory 7027
  22. Rubik's Cube 6964
  23. Aristotle 6896
  24. Monte Carlo method 6856
  25. LaTeX 6795
  26. Mean 6765
  27. Regression analysis 6607
  28. Confidence interval 6593
  29. Dependent and independent variables 6521
  30. Gantt chart 6511
  31. Median 6444
  32. Taylor series 6423
  33. Kinetic energy 6310
  34. Fourier transform 6277
  35. Mathematics 6181
  36. MD5 6149
  37. Sudoku 6050
  38. Analysis of variance 6022
  39. Florence Nightingale 5910
  40. Lewis Carroll 5910
  41. Correlation 5835
  42. Monty Hall problem 5683
  43. Butterfly effect 5677
  44. Moment of inertia 5588
  45. Poisson distribution 5549
  46. Statistics 5519
  47. Student's t-test 5422
  48. Blaise Pascal 5398
  49. Cryptography 5386
  50. Logarithm 5382
  51. Matrix (mathematics) 5379
  52. Compound interest 5298
  53. Linear regression 5265
  54. Big O notation 5262
  55. Bernoulli's principle 5108
  56. Physics 5106
  57. Moore's law 4967
  58. Entropy 4966
  59. Triangle 4853
  60. Numb3rs 4764
  61. General relativity 4712
  62. P-value 4681
  63. Black swan theory 4651
  64. Bertrand Russell 4643
  65. Root mean square 4585
  66. List of trigonometric identities 4567
  67. Cross product 4541
  68. Complex number 4505
  69. Variance 4478
  70. Gini coefficient 4471
  71. MATLAB 4452
  72. Fast Fourier transform 4448
  73. Conway's Game of Life 4432
  74. Uncertainty principle 4419
  75. Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace 4388
  76. Function (mathematics) 4334
  77. Binomial distribution 4277
  78. Johannes Kepler 4271
  79. Derivative 4201
  80. Integration by parts 4156
  81. Unit circle 4156
  82. Cartesian coordinate system 4057
  83. Dot product 4052
  84. Navier–Stokes equations 4040
  85. Square root 4015
  86. Good Will Hunting 3998
  87. Network topology 3983
  88. Laplace transform 3965
  89. Torque 3952
  90. Algorithm 3926
  91. Binary numeral system 3884
  92. Cyclic redundancy check 3878
  93. Maxwell's equations 3824
  94. Nicolaus Copernicus 3795
  95. Center of mass 3767
  96. Black–Scholes 3760
  97. Trigonometry 3745
  98. Algebra 3743
  99. Absolute zero 3706
  100. 0 (number) 3700
  101. Matrix multiplication 3674
  102. Pareto principle 3651
  103. Null hypothesis 3632
  104. Sphere 3625
  105. Abacus 3611
  106. Integral 3587
  107. Neural network 3516
  108. Discrete Fourier transform 3499
  109. Fractal 3485
  110. Avogadro constant 3454
  111. Danica McKellar 3445
  112. Law of cosines 3438
  113. Type I and type II errors 3398
  114. Nash equilibrium 3383
  115. Table of mathematical symbols 3366
  116. Sorting algorithm 3359
  117. Leonhard Euler 3343
  118. Alan Turing 3342
  119. Expected value 3317
  120. Q.E.D. 3293
  121. John Forbes Nash, Jr. 3283
  122. Mandelbrot set 3276
  123. Euclid 3267
  124. Theodore Kaczynski 3258
  125. Half-life 3257
  126. Pythagoras 3246
  127. Calculus 3233
  128. Archimedes 3224
  129. Markov chain 3181
  130. Dijkstra's algorithm 3179
  131. Polygon 3152
  132. Pyramid 3144
  133. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3139
  134. Topology 3129
  135. Möbius strip 3127
  136. Area 3104
  137. Principal component analysis 3064
  138. Bayes' theorem 3061
  139. John von Neumann 3054
  140. Probability distribution 3053
  141. Charles Babbage 2971
  142. Rational number 2970
  143. Ordinary differential equation 2969
  144. Floating point 2940
  145. Pascal's triangle 2932
  146. Sine wave 2929
  147. Travelling salesman problem 2910
  148. Schrödinger equation 2901
  149. Encryption 2899
  150. Finite element method 2893
  151. Hexadecimal 2880
  152. Kepler's laws of planetary motion 2872
  153. Probability density function 2849
  154. Circle 2845
  155. Integer 2811
  156. Linear programming 2790
  157. Volume 2789
  158. Information 2787
  159. Arabic numerals 2772
  160. Fuzzy logic 2756
  161. 13 (number) 2742
  162. Chi-square distribution 2719
  163. Standard error (statistics) 2710
  164. Latitude 2709
  165. Velocity 2703
  166. Genetic algorithm 2699
  167. Central limit theorem 2694
  168. Irrational number 2689
  169. Binomial theorem 2686
  170. Euler's formula 2684
  171. Natural logarithm 2667
  172. Exponential function 2661
  173. Gottfried Leibniz 2639
  174. Arithmetic mean 2632
  175. Hidden Markov model 2619
  176. Value at risk 2616
  177. Venn diagram 2613
  178. Time value of money 2611
  179. Fundamental theorem of calculus 2605
  180. Infinity 2596
  181. Trapezoid 2583
  182. Graph theory 2573
  183. Artificial neural network 2572
  184. Brownian motion 2570
  185. Two's complement 2568
  186. Newton's method 2549
  187. Coefficient of variation 2547
  188. Fermat's Last Theorem 2540
  189. RSA 2500
  190. Eye of Horus 2488
  191. Significant figures 2473
  192. Linear equation 2461
  193. SI prefix 2460
  194. Invertible matrix 2443
  195. NP-complete 2438
  196. Space 2435
  197. Rhombus 2419
  198. Wave 2399
  199. Control theory 2383
  200. Dimension 2361
  201. Kalman filter 2356
  202. Ellipse 2331
  203. Histogram 2309
  204. Math rock 2287
  205. Probability 2283
  206. Hexagon 2281
  207. Logic 2273
  208. Differential equation 2252
  209. A Beautiful Mind (film) 2250
  210. Gamma distribution 2239
  211. Exclusive or 2237
  212. Circumference 2234
  213. Cumulative distribution function 2234
  214. Stress (mechanics) 2231
  215. Chi-square test 2221
  216. Crystal structure 2204
  217. Non-Euclidean geometry 2191
  218. Linear algebra 2182
  219. Theory 2178
  220. Ellipsis 2170
  221. Radius 2162
  222. Turing machine 2156
  223. Sampling (statistics) 2154
  224. Geometric mean 2152
  225. Angular velocity 2132
  226. Birthday problem 2125
  227. L'Hôpital's rule 2120
  228. Chain rule 2119
  229. Information theory 2115
  230. Set theory 2111
  231. List of geometric shapes 2099
  232. Entropy (information theory) 2097
  233. List of prime numbers 2093
  234. Maximum likelihood 2092
  235. Arrival theorem 2090
  236. Infinite monkey theorem 2090
  237. Googol 2089
  238. Library of Alexandria 2085
  239. The Long Tail 2076
  240. Euclidean geometry 2063
  241. James Clerk Maxwell 2040
  242. Geometric series 2037
  243. Operations research 2030
  244. E (mathematical constant) 2029
  245. Resonance 2027
  246. Dirac delta function 2019
  247. Geometry 2012
  248. Coefficient of determination 2000
  249. Numerology 1992
  250. Pareto efficiency 1988
  251. Singular value decomposition 1983
  252. Binary tree 1973
  253. Determinant 1973
  254. White noise 1972
  255. Ada Lovelace 1967
  256. Number 1954
  257. Parallelogram 1949
  258. Parabola 1948
  259. Hyperbolic function 1947
  260. Fourth dimension 1944
  261. Stochastic process 1941
  262. Quotient rule 1940
  263. Public-key cryptography 1939
  264. Riemann hypothesis 1923
  265. Imaginary number 1921
  266. Lists of integrals 1918
  267. Isometric projection 1912
  268. Platonic solid 1905
  269. Least squares 1902
  270. Simple harmonic motion 1895
  271. Partial differential equation 1892
  272. Acceleration 1889
  273. Elo rating system 1886
  274. Binary search tree 1883
  275. Manifold 1883
  276. Geometric progression 1882
  277. Support vector machine 1875
  278. Vector space 1873
  279. Real number 1862
  280. Polynomial 1857
  281. Srinivasa Ramanujan 1855
  282. Covariance 1847
  283. Perfect number 1837
  284. Truth table 1836
  285. Design of experiments 1830
  286. Huffman coding 1827
  287. Harmonic oscillator 1827
  288. Probability theory 1817
  289. Wormhole 1817
  290. Wave–particle duality 1809
  291. Pareto chart 1806
  292. Angle 1804
  293. Law of sines 1804
  294. Thomas Malthus 1801
  295. Discrete mathematics 1799
  296. Albrecht Dürer 1772
  297. Mean squared error 1772
  298. Zeno's paradoxes 1772
  299. Polar coordinate system 1770
  300. Combinatorics 1769
  301. Conditional probability 1764
  302. Ptolemy 1763
  303. Bracket 1761
  304. Boolean logic 1758
  305. Number theory 1756
  306. Weighted mean 1754
  307. Beer–Lambert law 1746
  308. Modular arithmetic 1744
  309. Meta-analysis 1743
  310. Time series 1740
  311. Reverse Polish notation 1729
  312. Slope 1727
  313. Nernst equation 1711
  314. Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution 1706
  315. K-means clustering 1706
  316. Red-black tree 1678
  317. Tower of Hanoi 1677
  318. Symmetry 1671
  319. Actuary 1664
  320. Absolute value 1652
  321. Fourier series 1641
  322. Tetrahedron 1631
  323. Statistical significance 1627
  324. Skewness 1618
  325. Tangent 1616
  326. Map projection 1616
  327. Longitude 1612
  328. Exponential growth 1610
  329. Student's t-distribution 1609
  330. Factor analysis 1606
  331. Gradient 1598
  332. Pentagram 1598
  333. Axiom 1593
  334. Degrees of freedom (statistics) 1584
  335. Binomial coefficient 1582
  336. Mode (statistics) 1574
  337. Mann–Whitney U 1570
  338. Karnaugh map 1569
  339. Permutation 1566
  340. Minute of arc 1566
  341. Factorial 1559
  342. Riemann zeta function 1558
  343. Relational model 1552
  344. Dynamic programming 1548
  345. Control system 1548
  346. NP-hard 1547
  347. Randomness 1546
  348. Bézier curve 1544
  349. Conic section 1543
  350. Accuracy and precision 1541
  351. Interpolation 1540
  352. Statistical hypothesis testing 1536
  353. Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity 1535
  354. Fraction (mathematics) 1528
  355. Scientific notation 1526
  356. Standard score 1526
  357. Lambda calculus 1525
  358. Perspective (graphical) 1520
  359. Stratified sampling 1519
  360. History of mathematics 1516
  361. Partial derivative 1512
  362. Quadrilateral 1508
  363. Mercator projection 1507
  364. Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1505
  365. Negative feedback 1500
  366. Receiver operating characteristic 1499
  367. Convolution 1498
  368. Radian 1496
  369. Statistical process control 1491
  370. Positive-definite matrix 1489
  371. Product rule 1481
  372. Mathematical induction 1477
  373. Kurt Gödel 1476
  374. Composite number 1472
  375. Data analysis 1471
  376. Division by zero 1471
  377. Inclined plane 1462
  378. Calculator 1458
  379. Interquartile range 1454
  380. Million 1453
  381. Binary-coded decimal 1447
  382. Actuarial science 1441
  383. Perpendicular 1433
  384. Parts-per notation 1433
  385. Reductio ad absurdum 1432
  386. Series (mathematics) 1421
  387. Alhazen 1419
  388. James Watt 1419
  389. Gauss's law 1417
  390. Cubic function 1413
  391. Cluster analysis 1413
  392. Tessellation 1412
  393. Classical mechanics 1412
  394. Beta distribution 1409
  395. Descriptive statistics 1405
  396. Numerical analysis 1404
  397. Queueing theory 1403
  398. Flux 1402
  399. 8 (number) 1401
  400. Average 1400
  401. Exponential distribution 1398
  402. Gaussian elimination 1395
  403. Éamon de Valera 1395
  404. Mathematician 1390
  405. Bayesian inference 1386
  406. Wave equation 1386
  407. Natural number 1384
  408. Millennium Prize Problems 1377
  409. Erdős number 1372
  410. Flower of Life 1357
  411. Law of large numbers 1354
  412. Pythagorean triple 1352
  413. Phase diagram 1351
  414. Diameter 1343
  415. Simpson's rule 1337
  416. Inequality 1335
  417. Stochastic 1330
  418. Hypatia of Alexandria 1328
  419. Euler's identity 1322
  420. LU decomposition 1320
  421. Inverse trigonometric functions 1313
  422. Group (mathematics) 1309
  423. Poker probability (Texas hold 'em) 1308
  424. Names of large numbers 1304
  425. Pierre de Fermat 1303
  426. Random variable 1303
  427. Ordinal number 1303
  428. Tesseract 1302
  429. Fields Medal 1301
  430. Magic square 1300
  431. Power law 1293
  432. Slide rule 1286
  433. Congruence (geometry) 1284
  434. Euclidean space 1281
  435. Oscillation 1280
  436. Pentagon 1274
  437. Tic-tac-toe 1270
  438. De Morgan's laws 1269
  439. Pearson's chi-square test 1266
  440. Angular frequency 1265
  441. Parallax 1262
  442. Golden rectangle 1260
  443. Plane (geometry) 1259
  444. Sierpinski triangle 1257
  445. Sensitivity and specificity 1249
  446. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient 1248
  447. Box plot 1248
  448. Cramer's rule 1241
  449. Avicenna 1241
  450. Orthogonality 1240
  451. Theoretical physics 1240
  452. Quantum field theory 1234
  453. Mean value theorem 1234
  454. Greatest common divisor 1232
  455. 7 (number) 1232
  456. Arithmetic progression 1229
  457. Fibonacci 1225
  458. Euclidean algorithm 1222
  459. 1000000000 (number) 1218
  460. Bitwise operation 1214
  461. Pi (film) 1212
  462. Set (mathematics) 1211
  463. Autocorrelation 1209
  464. Discrete cosine transform 1208
  465. Grace Hopper 1205
  466. Caesar cipher 1202
  467. Cellular automaton 1200
  468. Relative risk 1200
  469. Error detection and correction 1195
  470. Summation 1192
  471. Klein bottle 1189
  472. Kurtosis 1185
  473. Statistical inference 1184
  474. Decimal 1181
  475. Gödel's incompleteness theorems 1180
  476. Gamma function 1179
  477. Gray code 1175
  478. Bessel function 1170
  479. Bayesian network 1167
  480. 42 (number) 1167
  481. Recursion 1165
  482. Moving average 1165
  483. Log-normal distribution 1164
  484. Freeman Dyson 1161
  485. Exponentiation 1160
  486. Euclidean vector 1156
  487. J. J. Thomson 1155
  488. Cube 1154
  489. F-test 1153
  490. Margin of error 1144
  491. Sieve of Eratosthenes 1138
  492. Proof of concept 1138
  493. Convergence 1137
  494. Syllogism 1134
  495. Transfer function 1133
  496. Logistic regression 1124
  497. Baker's dozen 1123
  498. W. Edwards Deming 1122
  499. Cybernetics 1120
  500. Paul Dirac 1120