De Bruijn sequence

circular sequence of symbols that contains each possible length-k contiguous subsequence exactly once
Intangible mathematical_concept Q1953457
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De Bruijn sequence

Summary

De Bruijn sequence is a mathematical concept[1]. It draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #136 of 1,007).[2]

Key Facts

  • De Bruijn sequence's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[3].
  • Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn is named after De Bruijn sequence[4].
  • De Bruijn sequence's subclass of is recorded as sequence[5].
  • De Bruijn sequence's Commons category is recorded as De Bruijn sequence[6].
  • De Bruijn sequence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05bvr7[7].
  • De Bruijn sequence's studied by is recorded as combinatorics[8].
  • De Bruijn sequence's studied by is recorded as graph theory[9].
  • De Bruijn sequence's studied by is recorded as bioinformatics[10].
  • De Bruijn sequence's MathWorld ID is recorded as deBruijnSequence[11].
  • De Bruijn sequence's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • De Bruijn sequence's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 170320093[13].
  • De Bruijn sequence's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C170320093[14].

Why It Matters

De Bruijn sequence draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #136 of 1,007).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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