Dijkstra
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Dijkstra (ˈdɛikstrɑ) is a Dutch
family name that may refer to:
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
family name that may refer to:
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002), computer scientist
- Dijkstra's algorithmDijkstra's algorithmDijkstra's algorithm, conceived by Dutch computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra in 1956 and published in 1959, is a graph search algorithm that solves the single-source shortest path problem for a graph with nonnegative edge path costs, producing a shortest path tree...
, conceived by Edsger Dijkstra is a graph search algorithm that solves the single-source shortest path problem
- Dijkstra's algorithm
- Rineke DijkstraRineke DijkstraRineke Dijkstra is a female Dutch photographer.-Life and work:Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers. Her subjects are often shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background...
(born 1960), photographer - Sjoukje DijkstraSjoukje DijkstraSjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a Dutch figure skater. She is the 1964 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion , five-time European champion , and the six-time Dutch national champion .Following the retirement of Carol Heiss in 1960, who...
(born 1942), retired figure skater - Bram DijkstraBram DijkstraBram Dijkstra is a professor of English literature. He joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego in 1966, and taught there until he retired and became an emeritus in 2000. He is married to the literary agent Sandra Dijkstra.He is the author of seven books on literary and...
, professor of English literature - Sieb DijkstraSieb DijkstraSybrandus Johannes Andreas Dijkstra is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:...
(born 1966), goalkeeping coach and former goalkeeper - Wieke DijkstraWieke DijkstraWieke Elisabeth Henriëtte Dijkstra is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as midfielder for Dutch club Laren. She also plays for the Netherlands national team, however most of the time as a defender...
(born 1984), Dutch field hockey player - Roel DijkstraRoel DijkstraRoel Dijkstra is a comic book series published from 1977 to 1995 by the Dutch publisher Oberon about a fictional football player. The series was created by Jan Steeman and Andrew Brandt....
See also
- Dijkstra PrizeDijkstra PrizeThe Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is given for outstanding papers on the principles of distributed computing, whose significance and impact on the theory and/or practice of distributed computing has been evident for at least a decade...
, for the prize awarded annually - DykstraDykstraDijkstra and Dykstra are Dutch surnames. "Dykes" is a variation of the English place name, and describes a man who lived by a dyke. The suffix "-stra" is derived from old Germanic -sater, meaning sitter or dweller....