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Hu Hesheng | |
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| Born | June 20, 1928 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Zhejiang University |
| Known for | research in differential geometry and mathematical physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Fudan University |
| Doctoral advisor | Su Buqing |
Hu Hesheng (Chinese: 胡和生; pinyin: 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.[1] She held the Noether Lecture in 2002.[2]
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 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
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
Her main academic interests are differential geometry and mathematical physics.[5] She led a research group at Fudan University during the 1980s and 1990s.
Personal
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.
References
- ^ Holeung Ho Lee Foundation Awardee of Mathematics & Mechanics Prize
- ^ The Noether Lecturers Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Hesheng Hu, 2002*, Emmy Noether Lecture at International Congress of Mathematics
- ^ "Hu Hesheng at Fudan University". Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- ^ a b "Hu Hesheng". www.hlhl.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "Gu Chaohao & Hu Hesheng". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
External links
- The Noether Lecturers
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians - Hu Hesheng
- Hu Hesheng's profile in the website of Chinese Academy of Science (Shanghai Branch)
- Hu Hesheng's profile in HLHL website
- Introduction from Fudan University
- Hu Hesheng's profile in People.com Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)
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- 1928 births
- Living people
- 20th-century women mathematicians
- 21st-century women mathematicians
- Chinese women mathematicians
- East China Normal University alumni
- Educators from Shanghai
- Academic staff of Fudan University
- Mathematicians from Shanghai
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Chiao Tung University (Shanghai) alumni
- Zhejiang University alumni