Mathematician:Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

Mathematician
Dutch mathematician known for his contributions to analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

Nationality
Dutch

History

 * Born: 9 July 1918, The Hague, Netherlands
 * Died: 17 February 2012, Nuenen

Theorems and Definitions

 * De Bruijn Sequence
 * De Bruijn-Newman Constant (with )
 * De Bruijn-Erdős Theorem (with )
 * BEST Theorem (with, and )
 * De Bruijn Indices

Publications

 * 1940: On Steiner-Schläfli's Hypocycloid
 * 1941: Ein Satz über Schlichte Funktionen
 * 1943: Common Representative Systems of Two Divisions of an Aggregate into Classes
 * 1943: Over Modulaire Vormen van meer Veranderlijken
 * 1943: On the Absolute Convergence of Dirichlet Series
 * 1943: On the Number of Solutions of the System ...
 * 1943: Almost Periodic Multiplicative Functions
 * 1946: The Problem of Optimum Antenna Current Distribution
 * 1946: On the Zeros of a Polynomial and of its Derivative
 * 1946: A Note on van der Pol's Equation
 * 1947: The Electrostatic Field of a Point Charge inside a Cylinder, in Connection with Wave Guide Theory (with )
 * 1947: The Electrostatic Field of a Point Charge inside a Cylinder, in Connection with Wave Guide Theory (with )


 * 1958:
 * 1961:
 * 1970:


 * 1970: The Mathematical Language AUTOMATH, its Usage, and some of its Extensions

Also known as
Known to friends and close associates as Dick.