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Hardy–Littlewood maximal function
The Hardy–Littlewood maximal function is an operator in harmonic analysis that replaces a function with its supremal averages over balls, introduced by Hardy and Littlewood in 1930.
Hardy–Weinberg principle
The Hardy–Weinberg principle, stated independently by Hardy and Weinberg in 1908, gives genotype frequencies p², 2pq, q² at equilibrium in a large randomly mating population, forming the foundation of population genetics.
Hare
Hare, genus Lepus (European hare, Lepus europaeus; brown hare): long-eared, long-legged lagomorph living above ground, bearing precocial furred leverets after 42-43 days' gestation, unlike burrowing rabbits; runs up to 72 km/h.
Hare Krishna (mantra)
The Hare Krishna mantra, known as the maha-mantra, is a sixteen-word Hindu devotional chant to Krishna, Rama, and Hare, recorded in the Kali-santarana Upanishad and spread worldwide by ISKCON's founder Prabhupada in the 1960s.
Hare nome
The Hare nome, also called the 15th nome of Upper Egypt, was an ancient Egyptian province whose capital, Khemenu, later became Hermopolis, center of the god Thoth's cult.
Hare–Clark electoral system
Hare–Clark is a single transferable vote proportional representation system used for the Tasmanian House of Assembly and ACT Legislative Assembly, named for Thomas Hare and Andrew Inglis Clark, first trialled in 1896 and statewide since 1907, with a Droop quota and Robson rotation.
Harebrained Schemes
Harebrained Schemes is a Seattle video game developer founded in 2011 by Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman, best known for the Shadowrun Returns trilogy and BattleTech.
Harecastle Tunnel
Harecastle Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England, made up of two parallel tunnels built by James Brindley and Thomas Telford.
Haredi conscription in Israel
Haredi conscription in Israel (Hebrew: גיוס חרדים) concerns ultra-Orthodox military service exemption. Began with Ben-Gurion's 1948 deferral of 400 yeshiva students; quotas abolished 1977; Tal Law struck down 2012; legal exemption expired June 2023; Supreme Court ordered drafting in June 2024.
Haredi Judaism (יהדות חרדית)
Haredi Judaism (יהדות חרדית), often called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is a stream of Orthodox Judaism whose adherents center their lives on strict observance of Jewish law and Torah study.
Haredi school systems in Israel
Haredi school systems in Israel are independent ultra-Orthodox school networks, including Talmud Torahs and yeshiva ketanot, operating largely outside the state system while receiving public funding.
Hareem Farooq (حریم فاروق)
Hareem Farooq (حریم فاروق), born 1989 in Islamabad, is a Pakistani actress, producer, model, and host. Known for theatre start in Pawnay 14 August, Siyaah's Lux Style Awards nomination, Diyar-e-Dil, and co-producing Janaan.
Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services
Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. is the largest insurance and financial group in Israel, controlled by the Hamburger family and listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Harelbeke
KRC Harelbeke, Belgian football club founded 1930 in Harelbeke, West Flanders; played top division 1995-2001 with a European tie, folded after 2001 relegation, rebuilt as Racing Club Harelbeke in 2016.
Harem (genre)
The harem genre, known in Japanese as hāremumono, is an anime and manga category where one protagonist is romantically pursued by three or more characters of the opposite sex.
Harem (حريم)
Harem (حريم, ḥarīm), from Arabic for something forbidden or sacred: the women of a Muslim household and the secluded quarters reserved for them; also the Ottoman imperial harem, a powerful political and training institution ended by the Turkish Republic.
Harem conspiracy against Ramesses III
The harem conspiracy was a plot by queen Tiye to kill Ramesses III and enthrone her son Pentaweret; the king died, but the rightful heir succeeded.
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (異世界迷宮でハーレムを)
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (異世界迷宮でハーレムを, Isekai Meikyū de Harem o) is a Japanese harem-isekai light novel by Shachi Sogano, illustrated by Shiki Douji, serialized on Narō from 2011, published by Hero Bunko from 2012, with a KADOKAWA manga and a 12-episode 2022 Passione anime.
Harem Years
Harem Years is the 1987 English translation of the memoirs of Huda Shaarawi, the Egyptian feminist and nationalist who led women's demonstrations and publicly removed her veil in 1923.
Haremakhet (High Priest of Amun)
Haremakhet, also spelled Horemakhet, was an ancient Egyptian prince, eldest son of the Kushite pharaoh Shabaka, who served as High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.
Haren Pandya
Haren Pandya, Gujarat BJP minister of state for home (1998-2001) and Ellis Bridge MLA, murdered in Ahmedabad on 26 March 2003; CBI-POTA trial convictions of 12 were acquitted in 2011 and restored by the Supreme Court in 2019.
Haren S. Gandhi
Haren S. Gandhi (1941–2010) was an Indian-born American chemical engineer who spent 43 years at Ford Motor Company shaping automotive emissions control, winning the 2002 National Medal of Technology.
Harenatium
Harenatium, also Arenacum or Arenatio, a Roman fort and settlement on the Lower German limes between Nijmegen and Xanten, 1st-3rd century AD, probably at Rindern near Kleve; winter camp of legio X Gemina in AD 70, later a Rhine cavalry base.
Harendra Singh Malik
Harendra Singh Malik is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician who has represented Muzaffarnagar in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving in the Rajya Sabha and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Harewood House
Harewood House is a Grade I listed 18th-century country house near Leeds in West Yorkshire, built for Edwin Lascelles from 1759 to 1771 and still home to the Lascelles family.
Harford County
Harford County, Maryland: county created 1773 from Baltimore County, named for Henry Harford; seat Bel Air; charter government since 1972; home of Aberdeen Proving Ground; 2020 population 260,924.
Hargeisa
Hargeisa (Hargeysa), capital and largest city of the unrecognised Republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia, on the Ogo highlands at 1,334 m; population estimates 1.2–1.8 million; destroyed by 1988 bombing, rebuilt as Somaliland's economic hub.
Harghita
Harghita (Județul Harghita) is a Romanian county in eastern Transylvania, seat Miercurea-Ciuc, 6,639 km², established 1968. 2021 census: 291,950 people, 79.51% Hungarian and 11.52% Romanian, the lowest Romanian share of any county.
Hargreaves equation
The Hargreaves equation, usually called the Hargreaves–Samani equation, is an empirical equation published by George Hargreaves and Zohrab Samani in 1985 that estimates grass reference evapotranspiration from temperature data alone.
Harhar
Harhar (Kharhar) was a land and city at Media's western border in the central Zagros mountains of modern Iran, conquered by Sargon II of Assyria in 716 BC.