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Federigo Enriques
Italian mathematician (1871–1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abramo Giulio Umberto Federigo Enriques (5 January 1871 – 14 June 1946) was an Italian mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry.
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Born | (1871-01-05)5 January 1871 |
Died | 14 June 1946(1946-06-14) (aged 75) |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
Known for | Enriques surface Enriques–Babbage theorem Enriques–Kodaira classification |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Bologna Sapienza University of Rome |
Doctoral advisor | Enrico Betti Guido Castelnuovo |
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