De Bruijn

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

• 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
• Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918–2012), Dutch mathematician
• Maarten de Bruijn (b. 1965), Dutch engineer
• Nick de Bruijn (b. 1987), Dutch racing driver
• Pi de Bruijn (b. 1942), Dutch architect

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

See also

• De Bruyn
• De Bruin