Singularities of homogeneous quadratic mappings (Q742207)

The author considers the affine real variety \(V\) in \(\mathbb R^n\) defined as a zero level set of the mapping \(F\) into \(\mathbb{R}^2\), build of two quadratic forms. A complete topological description of \(V\) in all generic cases and the topology of the intersection of \(V\) with a half-space and the topology of various deformations of \(V_t\) are found. For the intersection of \(V\) and the half-space \(Z\), the author provides a complete description of its topological type in all but three isolated cases in dimension 4, and also in the diagonal case for generic \(V_t\).