Haken may refer to:
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Haken (band)
Haken () are an English progressive metal band formed in 2007 by multi-instrumentalist Richard Henshall, guitarist Matthew Marshall, and vocalist Ross Jennings (singer), Ross Jennings. While Henshall, Marshall, and Jennings first had the idea o ...
, an English progressive metal band
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Haken (employment)
is the Japanese term for temporary employees dispatched to companies by staffing agencies.
Background
The temporary staffing industry in Japan is regulated by the 1985 Worker Dispatch Law.
The original aim of this law was to regulate the extra ...
, a type of labor contract in Japan
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Haken manifold
In mathematics, a Haken manifold is a compact, P²-irreducible 3-manifold that is sufficiently large, meaning that it contains a properly embedded two-sided incompressible surface. Sometimes one considers only orientable Haken manifolds, in whi ...
, a type of 3-manifold named after Wolfgang Haken
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Eduard Haken
Eduard Haken (22 March 1910 – 12 January 1996 in Prague) was a Czech operatic bass (voice type), bass who had a lengthy career at the National Theatre (Prague), National Theatre in Prague during the 20th century. Although he mostly performed wi ...
(1910–1996), Czech operatic bass
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Hermann Haken
Hermann Haken (12 July 1927 – 14 August 2024) was a German physicist and professor emeritus in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart. He is known as the founder of synergetics and one of the "fathers" of quantum-mechanical lase ...
(1927-2024), physicist known for his contributions to laser theory and Synergetics
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Rianne ten Haken
Rianne ten Haken (born 27 November 1986) is a Dutch model. She was born to a Dutch father and a Belgian mother in Lelystad, Flevoland, and began modeling after she won the 2001 Elite Model Look competition at the age of 15.
In 2003, Rianne wa ...
(born 1986), Dutch model
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Wolfgang Haken
Wolfgang Haken (; June 21, 1928 – October 2, 2022) was a German American mathematician who specialized in topology, in particular 3-manifolds.
Biography
Haken was born on June 21, 1928, in Berlin, Germany. His father was Werner Haken, a phys ...
(1928–2022), German mathematician
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Shiluach haken
Shiluach haken (, "sending-away the nest") is the Halakha, Jewish law derived from the Torah that enjoins one to scare away the mother bird before taking her young or her eggs. This only applies to Kosher birds in the wild. The Torah promises lon ...
, a mitzvah in the Torah
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