Xu Guangqi


 
 

Xu Guangqi () (1562–1633) was a Chinese mathematician.

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He was a colleague and coauthor of Matteo Ricci. In 1607 Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci translated the first parts of Euclid's Elements into Chinese.

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  • http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Xu_Guangqi.html

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