Abstract:
We consider intersections of two real five-dimensional quadrics,
which are referred to for brevity as real four-dimensional biquadrics.
Their rigid isotopy classes were described long ago: there are 16 such classes.
We prove that the rigid isotopy class of a non-singular real four-dimensional
biquadric is uniquely determined by the topological type of its real part.
To do this, we calculate the dimensions of the cohomology spaces of the real
part of a four-dimensional biquadric.
Keywords:biquadrics, rigid isotopy classes, coarse isotopy classes, index function.