Classification of free actions on complete intersections of four quadrics (Q451135)

This author classifies all free actions of finite groups on Calabi-Yau complete intersection of four quadrics in \({\mathbb{P}}^7\), up to projective equivalence. The key idea is to use holomorphic Lefschetz formula to obtain restriction on possible groups actions. It also presents several new examples of Calabi-Yau manifolds with non-abelian fundamental groups. In particular, five families of Calabi-Yau threefolds with fundamental group of order \(64\) are constructed. All these families are related to pencils of some abelian surfaces. In fact, new examples are constructed as free quotients of small resolutions of singular complete intersections of four quadrics in \({\mathbb{P}}^7\) that contain a pencil of \((2,4)\) polarized abelian surfaces.