利玛窦与非欧氏几何在中国的传播

Matteo Ricci and the Introduction of Western Non-Euclidean Geometry

明朝末年 ,利玛窦通过翻译《几何原本》将欧氏几何传入我国 ,同时 ,也通过各种活动传入了当时流行于欧洲的非欧氏几何。这些几何知识主要有圆锥曲线、平行正投影、球极投影、画法几何和透视法等。这些几何知识的传入 ,更加丰富了我国当时的数学研究 。

In the late Ming dynasty, it is well known that Matteo Ricci introduced much knowledge of Euclid’s geometry to Chinese through translating Elements . Indeed he also introduced much knowledge of non-Euclidean geometry to us. What he has introduced included cone curve, analemma, stereographic projection, the earlier descriptive geometry and the scenography. All of these enriched our mathematics and promoted the development of our science and technology.$$$$