Togliatti Quintic - Abdelaziz Nait Merzouk

Togliatti Quintic

A quintic surface is one defined by a polynomial equation of degree 5. A nodal surface is one whose only singularities are ordinary double points: that is, points where it looks like the origin of the cone in 3-dimensional space defined by x2+y2=z2. A Togliatti surface is a quintic nodal surface with the largest possible number of ordinary double points, namely 31. Here Abdelaziz Nait Merzouk has drawn the real points of a Togliatti surface.

Kummer's Quartic Surface - Abdelaziz Nait Merzouk

Kummer Quartic

A quartic surface is one defined by a polynomial equation of degree 4. An ordinary double point is a point where a surface looks like the origin of the cone in 3-dimensional space defined by x2+y2=z2. The Kummer surfaces are the quartic surfaces with the largest possible number of ordinary double points, namely 16. This picture by Abdelaziz Nait Merzouk shows the real points of a Kummer surface.