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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|06|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Shanghai International Settlement]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|02|02|1928|06|20|df=y}}
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| nationality = Chinese
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| workplaces = [[Fudan University]]
| alma_mater = [[Zhejiang University]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Su Buqing]]
| known_for = Research in differential geometry and mathematical physics
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'''Hu Hesheng''' ({{zh|c=胡和生|p= Hú Héshēng}}; born 20 June 1928) is a Chinese [[mathematician]]. She served as vice-president of Chinese Mathematical Society, president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society, and is an academician of [[Chinese Academy of Science]].<ref>[http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=501 Holeung Ho Lee Foundation] Awardee of Mathematics & Mechanics Prize</ref> She held the [[Noether Lecture]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.awm-math.org/noetherlectures.html The Noether Lecturers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209164001/http://www.awm-math.org/noetherlectures.html |date=2008-02-09 }} ''Hesheng Hu, 2002* , Emmy Noether Lecture at International Congress of Mathematics''</ref>
'''Hu Hesheng''' ({{zh|c=胡和生|p= Hú Héshēng}}; 20 June 1928 – 2 February 2024) was a Chinese mathematician. She served as vice-president of [[Chinese Mathematical Society]], president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society, and was an academician of [[Chinese Academy of Science]].<ref>[http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=501 Holeung Ho Lee Foundation] Awardee of Mathematics & Mechanics Prize</ref> She gave the [[Noether Lecture]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.awm-math.org/noetherlectures.html The Noether Lecturers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209164001/http://www.awm-math.org/noetherlectures.html |date=9 February 2008 }} ''Hesheng Hu, 2002*, Emmy Noether Lecture at International Congress of Mathematics''</ref>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
Born in [[Shanghai]], Hu studied mathematics at [[National Chiao Tung University]] (now [[Shanghai Jiaotong University]]) and [[Great China University]]. She received her master's degree in mathematics from [[Zhejiang University]] in 1952, under the supervision of [[Su Buqing]]. During 1952-1956, she was a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1956, she went to [[Fudan University]] in Shanghai, became a lecture in mathematics, then [[associate professor]], and full-time professorship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html |title=Hu Hesheng at Fudan University |access-date=2008-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314181112/http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html |archive-date=2008-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Born in [[Shanghai]], Hu studied mathematics at [[National Chiao Tung University]] (now [[Shanghai Jiaotong University]]) and [[Great China University]]. She received her master's degree in mathematics from [[Zhejiang University]] in 1952, under the supervision of [[Su Buqing]]. From 1952 to 1956, she was a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1956, she began working as a lecturer at [[Fudan University]] in Shanghai, later becoming an [[associate professor]] and eventually achieving full-time professorship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html |title=Hu Hesheng at Fudan University |access-date=18 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314181112/http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html |archive-date=14 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Service and recognition==
==Service and recognition==
Hu served as vice president of the Chinese Mathematical Society and president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society. In 1991, Hu was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2002, She held the [[Noether Lecturer|Emmy Noether Lecturer]] during the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] in Beijing, China.<ref>[http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/hesheng.htm Biographies of Women Mathematicians]</ref>
Hu served as vice president of the Chinese Mathematical Society and president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society. In 2002, she was chosen as the [[Noether Lecturer|Emmy Noether Lecturer]] for that year's [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] in Beijing, China.<ref>[http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/hesheng.htm Biographies of Women Mathematicians]</ref> She was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and as an academician of the [[Third World Academy of Science]] in 2003.<ref name=":0" />


==Research==
==Research==
Her main academic interest is [[differential geometry]]. She led a research group at Fudan University during the 1980s and 1990s.
Her main academic interests were [[differential geometry]] and [[mathematical physics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Hu Hesheng|url=http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=501|access-date=26 October 2021|website=www.hlhl.org.cn}}</ref> She led a research group at Fudan University during the 1980s and 1990s.


==Personal==
==Personal life and death==
Hu's husband was [[Gu Chaohao]], also a mathematician, who served as the president of [[University of Science and Technology of China]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/19/2047.htm |title=Gu Chaohao & Hu Hesheng |access-date=2008-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928091546/http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/19/2047.htm |archive-date=2008-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Hu's husband was [[Gu Chaohao]], also a mathematician, who served as the president of [[University of Science and Technology of China]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/19/2047.htm |title=Gu Chaohao & Hu Hesheng |access-date=18 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928091546/http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2001/10/19/2047.htm |archive-date=28 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were married until his death in 2012.

Hu Hesheng died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news |title=中国数学界第一位女院士胡和生逝世 |url=https://news.sina.cn/2024-02-03/detail-inafukve2738884.d.html?from=wap |access-date=3 February 2024 |publisher=Sina |date=3 February 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=501 Hu Hesheng's profile in HLHL website]
* [http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=501 Hu Hesheng's profile in HLHL website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314181112/http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html Introduction from Fudan University]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314181112/http://www.fudan.edu.cn/englishnew/faculty/huhesheng.html Introduction from Fudan University]
* [http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/25509/29829/2095568.html Hu Hesheng's profile in People.com] (Chinese)
* [http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/25509/29829/2095568.html Hu Hesheng's profile in People.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619022635/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/25509/29829/2095568.html |date=19 June 2008 }} (Chinese)


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Latest revision as of 00:36, 7 February 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hu.

Hu Hesheng
胡和生
Born(1928-06-20)20 June 1928
Shanghai International Settlement
Died2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 95)
NationalityChinese
Alma materZhejiang University
Known forResearch in differential geometry and mathematical physics
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsFudan University
Doctoral advisorSu Buqing

Hu Hesheng (Chinese: 胡和生; pinyin: Hú Héshēng; 20 June 1928 – 2 February 2024) was a Chinese mathematician. She served as vice-president of Chinese Mathematical Society, president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society, and was an academician of Chinese Academy of Science.[1] She gave the Noether Lecture in 2002.[2]

Education and career

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Born in Shanghai, Hu studied mathematics at National Chiao Tung University (now Shanghai Jiaotong University) and Great China University. She received her master's degree in mathematics from Zhejiang University in 1952, under the supervision of Su Buqing. From 1952 to 1956, she was a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1956, she began working as a lecturer at Fudan University in Shanghai, later becoming an associate professor and eventually achieving full-time professorship.[3]

Service and recognition

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Hu served as vice president of the Chinese Mathematical Society and president of the Shanghai Mathematical Society. In 2002, she was chosen as the Emmy Noether Lecturer for that year's International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing, China.[4] She was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and as an academician of the Third World Academy of Science in 2003.[5]

Research

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Her main academic interests were differential geometry and mathematical physics.[5] She led a research group at Fudan University during the 1980s and 1990s.

Personal life and death

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Hu's husband was Gu Chaohao, also a mathematician, who served as the president of University of Science and Technology of China.[6] They were married until his death in 2012.

Hu Hesheng died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 95.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Holeung Ho Lee Foundation Awardee of Mathematics & Mechanics Prize
  2. ^ The Noether Lecturers Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Hesheng Hu, 2002*, Emmy Noether Lecture at International Congress of Mathematics
  3. ^ "Hu Hesheng at Fudan University". Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  4. ^ Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  5. ^ a b "Hu Hesheng". www.hlhl.org.cn. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Gu Chaohao & Hu Hesheng". Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  7. ^ "中国数学界第一位女院士胡和生逝世". Sina. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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