de Bruijn sequence

noun

Etymology

Named after the Dutch mathematician Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

Definitions

  1. A cyclic sequence (of order n on a size-k alphabet A) in which every possible length-n…

    A cyclic sequence (of order n on a size-k alphabet A) in which every possible length-n string on A occurs exactly once as a substring (i.e. a contiguous subsequence). Such a sequence is denoted by B(k, n).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for de Bruijn sequence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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