Algebraic Curves in RP(1) × RP(1) (Q3974459)

This paper contains two results on the topology of real algebraic curves in \(RP^ 1\times RP^ 1\); other results were given by \textit{S. Matsuoka} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 324, No. 1, 87-107 (1991; Zbl 0746.14025)]. The first is that, for a dividing curve with only real ordinary singularities, equipped with one of its complex orientations (introduced by Rokhlin), the rotation number is zero; in the non singular case, it means that there are as many ovals (bounding a disk) oriented one way as ovals oriented the other way. --- The second applies essentially to nonsingular \(M\)-curves of bidegree \((d,r)\) with \(d\) and \(r\) even. In this case \(RP^ 1\times RP^ 1\) is divided into \(B^ +\) and \(B^ -\) according to the sign of the equation, and the result gives informations about the Euler characteristic of \(B^ +\) modulo 16. This is analog to results of \textit{T. Fiedler} [Sov. Math., Dokl. 27, 566- 568 (1983); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 270, 56-58 (1983; Zbl 0541.14022)] for plane curves, and the proof is also based on \textit{A. Marin}'s proof of Rokhlin's congruence [Sémin. géométrie algébrique réelle, Publ. Math. Univ. Paris VII, No. 9, 51-68 (1980; Zbl 0531.14018)].