This is not by any means a full answer, but one thing to consider would be whether the function is independent of an object. Utility functions (think java.util.Math) should not belong in classes as there is nothing object oriented about them. Another case would be “factory” methods that have the name fo the type they create (from calling source code they are indistinguishable from a constructor call), but those functions need to be used judiciously.
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