Eugenio Giuseppe Togliatti (3 November 1890 – 5 October 1977) was an Italian

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

, the brother of politician

Palmiro Togliatti Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti (; 26 March 1893 – 21 August 1964) was an Italian politician and leader of the Italian Communist Party from 1927 until his death. He was nicknamed ("The Best") by his supporters. In 1930 he became a citizen of ...

. He was a researcher at the

ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

from 1924 to 1926. He discovered

Togliatti surface In algebraic geometry, a Togliatti surface is a nodal surface of degree five with 31 Node (algebraic geometry), nodes. The first examples were constructed by . proved that 31 is the maximum possible number of nodes for a surface of this degree, ...

s.Ermanno Marchionna: ''E. G. Togliatti'', Rendiconti lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali. Vol. 66, fasc. 4 sez. III

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