Odd fake $\mathbb{Q}$ -homology quadrics exist

Abstract

We show the existence of odd fake $\mathbb{Q}$-homology quadrics, namely of minimal surfaces $S$ of general type which have the same $\mathbb{Q}$-homology as a smooth quadric $Q \cong (\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{C}))^2$, but have an odd intersection form on $ H^2(S, \mathbb{Z})/Tors(S)$, where $Tors(S)$ is the Torsion subgroup. Our examples are provided by a special 1-dimensional family of surfaces isogenous to a product of unmixed type.