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'''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 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 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>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
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Her main academic interests are [[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=2021-10-26|website=www.hlhl.org.cn}}</ref> She led a research group at Fudan University during the 1980s and 1990s.
Her main academic interests are [[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=2021-10-26|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> They were married until his death in 2012.
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> 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==

Revision as of 13:10, 3 February 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hu.
Hu Hesheng
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 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 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.[6] They were married until his death in 2012.

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

References

  1. ^ Holeung Ho Lee Foundation Awardee of Mathematics & Mechanics Prize
  2. ^ The Noether Lecturers Archived 2008-02-09 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 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  4. ^ Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  5. ^ a b "Hu Hesheng". www.hlhl.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  6. ^ "Gu Chaohao & Hu Hesheng". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  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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