利玛窦与西方数学的传播

利玛窦构建了良好的知识结构,具有很深的数学功底;他注意理论与实际的结合,学以致用,为他到中国传播西方的数学奠定了坚实的基础;他以数学赢取民心支持,在中国不仅传播了欧氏几何,而且还传播了大量非欧几何等数学知识;他一方面激活了正在走向衰落的中国传统数学,开创了中西数学文化融合的新纪元,另一方面他也激励了一大批中国数学家的成长、成才,推动了中国近现代数学的萌芽发展.

Matteo Ricci and the spread of western mathematic

Matteo Ricci was knowledgeable with a good mastery of mathematics.He had put theories into practice,which greatly facilitated his efforts to disseminate western mathematics in China.These efforts earned him popularity among the local people.Matteo Ricci brought in China western mathematical knowledge by teaching Euclidean geometry and non-Euclidean geometry,not only spurring the then declining Chinese traditional mathematics and ushering it in a new era of the interflow of mathematical cultures between China and western countries;but also bedding new mathematicians and burgeon of modern Chinese mathematics in this ancient country.