mathgenealogy: Discover your (academic) ancestors!

A simple command line program for extracting data from the Mathematics Genealogy Project (http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/index.php).

Lookup your entry at http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/index.php and then use that URL as a command line argument. For example, if Carl Gauss wanted to explore his academic ancestors, he would type

mathgenealogy http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=18231

which produces the directed acyclic graph http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22490968/genealogy_of_gauss.png. See

mathgenealogy --help

for more options. Requires GraphViz (in particular the dot program) to run.

Changes in 1.2.0:

• Correct handling of entries with multiple PhDs (reported by Dima Pasechnik)

Changes in 1.1.1:

• Provide error message when given invalid start URL

• Documentation and code cleanup

Changes in 1.0.0:

• Choice between PDF and PNG output

• Optional inclusion of PhD theses in output

Changes in 0.0.2:

• Fixed bug regarding trailing commas (reported by Alexander Koessler)

Downloads

• mathgenealogy-1.2.0.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
• Package description (as included in the package)

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• PeterRobinson

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