N. G. de Bruijn

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Dutch mathematician human mathematician

N. G. de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory, combinatorics, and logic, including the introduction of de Bruijn sequences and de Bruijn graphs.

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instanceOf Dutch mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived Euler Medal ⓘ
Honorary doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology ⓘ
Poincaré Medal ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-02-17 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Johan Frederik Koksma ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leiden ⓘ
surface form: Leiden University
employer Eindhoven University of Technology ⓘ
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ⓘ
surface form: Mathematical Centre in Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam ⓘ
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surface form: de Bruijn
fieldOfWork combinatorics ⓘ
functional analysis ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
tiling theory ⓘ
givenName Govert ⓘ
Nicolaas ⓘ
hasPublication A Combinatorial Problem ⓘ
Asymptotic Methods in Analysis ⓘ
enumerative combinatorics ⓘ
surface form: Pólya’s Theory of Counting

The Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem in ring theory ⓘ
knownFor analysis of Penrose tilings via cut-and-project method ⓘ
contributions to additive number theory ⓘ
introduction of de Bruijn graphs ⓘ
introduction of de Bruijn sequences ⓘ
work on combinatorial designs ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
notableStudent Hendrik Lenstra ⓘ
Lajos Pósa ⓘ
notableWork Pentagon tilings description of Penrose tilings ⓘ
de Bruijn graph ⓘ
de Bruijn sequence ⓘ
de Bruijn–Erdős theorem ⓘ
de Bruijn–Newman constant ⓘ
de Bruijn–van Aardenne–Ehrenfest theorem ⓘ
placeOfBirth The Hague ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nuenen NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld professor of mathematics ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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