A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of
Hesse.
Hessian may also refer to:
Named from the toponym
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Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire
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Hessian (boot), a style of boot
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Hessian fabric, coarse woven material
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Hessian fly or barley midge, a species of fly (thought to be introduced by Hessian soldiers)
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Hessian dialects, West Central German group of dialects
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Hessian crucible, a type of ceramic crucible
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Hessian Cup, a regional cup competition in German football
Named for Otto Hesse
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Hessian matrix, in mathematics, is a matrix of second partial derivatives
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Hessian affine region detector
The Hessian affine region detector is a feature detector used in the fields of computer vision
Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain high-level understanding from digital images or vi ...
, a feature detector used in the fields of computer vision and image analysis
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Hessian automatic differentiation
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Hessian equations, partial differential equations (PDEs) based on the Hessian matrix
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Hessian pair or Hessian duad in mathematics
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Hessian form of an elliptic curve
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Hessian group
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Hessian polyhedron
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Glossary of classical algebraic geometry § Hessian, other mathematical objects called Hessian
Other uses
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Hessian (Web service protocol)
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The Hessian'', a 1972 novel by Howard Fast
People with the name
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Patrick J. Hessian Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
(1928–2007), United States Army officer
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Stephen Hessian
Stephen Stanley Hessian (October 2, 1891 – November 5, 1962) was a lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Kings from 1920 to 1923 and 3rd Kings from 1935 to 1939 and from 1955 to 1962 in the Legislative Asse ...
(1891–1962), Canadian lawyer and political figure
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Toby Hessian (born 1969), British rower
See also
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