Even may refer to:
General
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Even (given name) ''Even'' is a Norwegian given name coming from Old Norse ''Eivindr'' (existing as ''Eivindur'' in Iceland). Another common name derived from Old Norse ''Eivindr'' is the Norwegianized '' Eivind''. ''Eivind'', and variants such as '' Øyvind''.
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, a Norwegian male personal name
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Even (surname) Even is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Avraham Even-Shoshan (1906–1984), Russian-Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer
* Maya Even (born 1958), Canadian-born British lecturer, journalist and television presenter
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Even (people)
The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of th ...
, an ethnic group from Siberia and Russian Far East
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Even language, a language spoken by the Evens
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Odd and Even
Odd and Even is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. It is so called because the building is done in twos, resulting in odd and even numbers.
Rules
First, nine cards are dealt in three rows of three cards each, a ...
, a solitaire game which is played with two decks of playing cards
Science and technology
*In mathematics, the term ''even'' is used in several senses related to ''odd'':
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even and odd numbers, an integer is even if dividing by two yields an integer
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even and odd functions
In mathematics, even functions and odd functions are functions which satisfy particular symmetry relations, with respect to taking additive inverses. They are important in many areas of mathematical analysis, especially the theory of power ser ...
, a function is even if ''f''(−''x'') = ''f''(''x'') for all ''x''
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even and odd permutations
In mathematics, when ''X'' is a finite set with at least two elements, the permutations of ''X'' (i.e. the bijective functions from ''X'' to ''X'') fall into two classes of equal size: the even permutations and the odd permutations. If any total ...
, a permutation of a finite set is even if it is composed of an even number of transpositions
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Singly even number
In mathematics an even integer, that is, a number that is divisible by 2, is called evenly even or doubly even if it is a multiple of 4, and oddly even or singly even if it is not. The former names are traditional ones, derived from ancient Gr ...
, an integer divisible by 2 but not divisible by 4
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Even code A binary code is called an even code if the Hamming weight of each of its codewords is even. An even code should have a generator polynomial that include (1+''x'') minimal polynomial as a product. Furthermore, a binary code is called doubly even if ...
, if the Hamming weight of all of a binary code's codewords is even
Entertainment
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Even (band)
Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist, Ashley Naylor with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton (also known as Wally Meanie) on bass guitar and backing vocals. They formed in March 1994 and pla ...
, an Australian alternative rock band
See also
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Evens (disambiguation)
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