Template:Mathematician data/doc

This template is used in /Data subpages of mathematician talk pages. These store data used by the Mathematics WikiProject to produce sortable tables of mathematicians. The syntax is

Usage of /Data subpages


Without any parameter, produces:

Dates before 1000AD
For dates before 1000AD the normal sort order does not work and a sortdates key is used to provide a correct sort order. This is hidden in a tag in the mathematician table.

For BC/BCE dates calculate d = 999 - abs(BCE date) and set

Hence Aristotle 384 – 322 BCE becomes

Similarly for dates between 1 AD and 999 AD extra 0s need to be added. For Ptolemy 90 - 168 AD set