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 Cornelis de Bruijn or Cornelius de Bruyn (; 16521726/7), also formerly known in English by his French name Corneille Le Brun, was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of peop ...

(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 Inge de Bruijn (; born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder in multiple swimming events. Personal De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, Netherlands. Inge is ...

(b. 1973), Dutch swimmer * (born 1965), Dutch billiards player *

Jean Victor de Bruijn Jean Victor de Bruijn (25 November 1913 – 12 February 1979) was a Dutch district officer, soldier, explorer, ethnologist and writer. He spent most of his life in the Dutch East Indies, especially in Dutch New Guinea, working as a colonial admin ...

(1913–1979), Dutch district officer and ethnologist in the Dutch East Indies *

Maarten de Bruijn Maarten de Bruijn (; born 1965) is a Dutch engineer. Born in Naarden, he graduated in 1996 at University of Amsterdam with master's degree in City Planning. 1990-1996 he single-handed designed, constructed and made functional prototype Spyker ...

(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 Nick may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nick (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Désirée Nick, German actress and writer Places * Nick, Hungary, a village * Nick, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, a v ...

(b. 1987), Dutch racing driver *

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn (; 9 July 1918 – 17 February 2012) was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

(1918–2012), Dutch mathematician *

Pi de Bruijn Pi de Bruijn (born 28 August 1942) is a Dutch architect from Losser, Overijssel, the Netherlands. He is a design principal at the Office de Architecten Cie., located in Amsterdam. History Bruijn graduated from the Delft University of Technology. ...

(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 In combinatorics, combinatorial mathematics, a de Bruijn sequence of order ''n'' on a size-''k'' alphabet (computer science), alphabet ''A'' is a cyclic sequence in which every possible length-''n'' String (computer science)#Formal theory, stri ...

, 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 In graph theory, an -dimensional De Bruijn graph of symbols is a directed graph representing overlaps between sequences of symbols. It has vertices, consisting of all possible sequences of the given symbols; the same symbol may appear multiple ...

, 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) In incidence geometry, the De Bruijn–Erdős theorem, originally published by Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn and Paul Erdős in 1948, states a lower bound on the number of lines determined by ''n'' points in a projective plane. By duality, this is ...

, a theorem about lines determined by points in the projective plane *

De Bruijn index In mathematical logic, the de Bruijn index is a tool invented by the Dutch mathematician Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn for representing terms of lambda calculus without naming the bound variables. Terms written using these indices are invariant with ...

, a nameless representation of the λ calculus *

De Bruijn–Newman constant The de Bruijn–Newman constant, denoted by \Lambda and named after Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn and Charles Michael Newman, is a mathematical constant defined via the zeros of a certain function H(\lambda,z), where \lambda is a real parameter ...

, Λ, a mathematical constant related to the Riemann zeta-function *

De Bruijn notation In mathematical logic Mathematical logic is the study of Logic#Formal logic, formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory (also known as computability theory). Research in ...

, a syntax for terms in the λ calculus *

De Bruijn's theorem In a 1969 paper, Dutch mathematician Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn proved several results about packing congruent rectangular bricks (of any dimension) into larger rectangular boxes, in such a way that no space is left over. One of these results is no ...

, a theorem regarding the packing of bricks into boxes

Mathematics

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