@hackage mathgenealogy1.1.0

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 1.1.0:

• 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 (thanks to A. Koessler)