Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
Born(1918-07-09)9 July 1918
The Hague, Netherlands
Died17 February 2012(2012-02-17) (aged 93)
Nuenen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Known forAutomath
BEST theorem
De Bruijn factor
De Bruijn index
De Bruijn graph
De Bruijn notation
De Bruijn sequence
De Bruijn's theorem
De Bruijn torus
De Bruijn–Erdős theorem
De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (geometry)
de Bruijn–Newman constant
Dickman–de Bruijn function
Moser–de Bruijn sequence
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsEindhoven University of Technology
Doctoral advisorJurjen Ferdinand Koksma
Doctoral studentsJohannes Runnenburg
Stan Ackermans
Prof. dr. N. G. de Bruyn, 1947

Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn (Dutch: [ˈnikoːlaːs ˈxoːvər də ˈbrœyn];[a] 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.[1]


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  1. ^ Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn's obituary Archived 2013-04-25 at the Wayback Machine 2012