What is a hull?
Q: What is a hull?
A: A hull is the outer covering of a fruit or vegetable, the body or frame of a ship, or the main body of an armored tank. In economics, it can refer to the Hull-White model of interest rates. In mathematics, it can refer to affine geometry, convex geometry, Carathéodory's theorem for convex hulls, holomorphically convex hulls in complex analysis, injective hulls of modules and Skolem hulls in mathematical logic.
Q: Where are some places called Hull?
A: Kingston upon Hull (usually abbreviated to Hull) is a city in England named after the River Hull. There is also a former city in Québec Canada (now part of Gatineau), Orona Island in Kiribati which was formerly called Hull Island as well as several cities and towns across America including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois Iowa Massachusetts Minnesota North Dakota Ohio Texas West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Q: Are there any people named Hull?
A: Yes there are several people named Hull including Blair an American businessman and politician; Bobby and Brett both former Canadian ice hockey players; Cordell United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Isaac Early United States Naval officer; John Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at University of Toronto; Merlin Congressman; William an American general during the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
