De Bruijn Explained

De Bruijn is a Dutch surname meaning "the brown". Notable people with the surname include:

(1887–1968), Dutch politician
Brian de Bruijn (b. 1954), Dutch-Canadian ice hockey player
Chantal de Bruijn (b. 1976), Dutch field hockey defender
Cornelis de Bruijn (1652–1726/7), Dutch artist and traveler
Daniëlle de Bruijn (b. 1978), Dutch water polo player
Frans de Bruijn Kops (1886–1979), Dutch footballer
Hans de Bruijn (b. 1962), Dutch political scientist
Inge de Bruijn (b. 1973), Dutch swimmer
(born 1965), Dutch billiards player
Jean Victor de Bruijn (1913–1979), Dutch district officer and ethnologist in the Dutch East Indies
Maarten de Bruijn (b. 1965), Dutch engineer
Maria Brigitta Catherina de Bruijn (1938–2006), Dutch GreenLeft politician
Matthijs de Bruijn (b. 1977), Dutch waterpolo player
Meike de Bruijn (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist
Nick de Bruijn (b. 1987), Dutch racing driver
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918–2012), Dutch mathematician
Pi de Bruijn (b. 1942), Dutch architect
Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (1816–1890), Dutch museum founder
Ruben Jacob de Bruijn (b. 2003), Dutch clothing designer

Mathematics

In mathematics, de Bruijn may refer to one of the following topics named after Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn:

De Bruijn sequence, a cyclic sequence of a given alphabet such that every length n subsequence appears exactly once
- De Bruijn torus, a generalization of the De Bruijn sequence in two dimensions
- De Bruijn graph, a graph representing overlaps between sequences of symbols
De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (disambiguation)
- De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (graph theory), a theorem about graph coloring
- De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry), a theorem about lines determined by points in the projective plane
De Bruijn index, a nameless representation of the λ calculus
De Bruijn–Newman constant, Λ, a mathematical constant related to the Riemann zeta-function
De Bruijn notation, a syntax for terms in the λ calculus
De Bruijn's theorem, a theorem regarding the packing of bricks into boxes