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Weisstein, Eric W. "MathWorld/sandbox". MathWorld.

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This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

This template uses Lua:

Module:Template wrapper (sandbox)

This template is used for links or references to https://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Usage

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{{MathWorld |id= |title= |author= |access-date= |ref= }}

where all parameters must be in title case.

Params

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|id= - e.g.: GammaFunction
|title= - e.g.: Gamma Function; defaults to page name
|author= (optional) e.g.: John Doe (default is Eric Wolfgang Weisstein)
|access-date= - for use in citations
|ref= - to mark a reference anchor name to match {{sfn}}-style references
|mode= - "cs1" (the default) or "cs2" for Citation Style 1 or Citation Style 2

HTML anchor

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The template uses a HTML anchor of #Reference-Mathworld-(article name). Thus, to reference a MathWorld article entitled "Gigantic Prime" using Harvard style references, use ([[#Reference-Mathworld-Gigantic Prime|Weisstein]]) which will display as: (Weisstein). When clicked, the link is to the reference in the following example.

Example

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MathWorld

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Code: {{MathWorld |title=Gigantic Prime |id=GiganticPrime |access-date={{subst:TODAY}}}}

Output: Weisstein, Eric W. "Gigantic Prime". MathWorld. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

MathWorld2

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Two article version:

Code:{{MathWorld2|title = Prime Number|urlname = PrimeNumber|title2 = Primes|urlname2 = Primes|access-date={{subst:TODAY}}}}

Output: Weisstein, Eric W., "Prime Number" ("Primes") at MathWorld.