De Bruijn

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

Cornelis de Bruijn (1652Ã¢ÂÂ1726/7), Dutch artist and traveler
Jean Victor de Bruijn (1913Ã¢ÂÂ1979), Dutch district officer and ethnologist in the Dutch East Indies
Maarten de Bruijn (b. 1965), Dutch engineer
Pi de Bruijn (b. 1942), Dutch architect
Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (1816Ã¢ÂÂ1890), 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 (1918Ã¢ÂÂ2012), Dutch mathematician
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 BruijnÃ¢ÂÂErdÃÂs theorem (disambiguation)
De BruijnÃ¢ÂÂErdÃÂs theorem (graph theory), a theorem about graph coloring
De BruijnÃ¢ÂÂErdÃÂs theorem (incidence geometry), a theorem about lines determined by points in the projective plane
De Bruijn index, a nameless representation of the ÃÂ» calculus
De BruijnÃ¢ÂÂNewman constant, ÃÂ, a mathematical constant related to the Riemann zeta-function
De Bruijn notation, a syntax for terms in the ÃÂ» calculus
De Bruijn's theorem, a theorem regarding the packing of bricks into boxes