Pathologies and liftability of Du Val del Pezzo surfaces in positive characteristic (Q2672698)

In this paper, the authors study pathologies of Du Val del Pezzo surfaces defined over an algebraically closed field \(k\) of positive characteristic \(p\). A normal projective surface \(X\) is called a Du Val del Pezzo surface if \(-K_X\) is ample and \(X\) has only Du Val singularities. The authors investigate the four conditions (NB): all the anti-canonical divisors are singular, (ND): there are no Du Val del Pezzo surfaces over the field of complex numbers with the same Dynkin type, Picard rank, and anti-canonical degree, (NK): there exists an ample \(\mathbb Z\)-divisor which violates the Kodaira vanishing theorem, and (NL): the pair \((Y, E)\) does not lift to the ring of Witt vectors, where \(Y\) is the minimal resolution and \(E\) is its reduced exceptional divisor. The authors first show that (NK) \(\Rightarrow\) (NL) and (ND) \(\Rightarrow\) (NL) \(\Rightarrow\) (NB). Then they classify all Du Val del Pezzo surfaces satisfying (NB) by using the description of the configuration of negative rational curves on rational quasi-elliptic surfaces by \textit{H. Ito} [Math. Z. 211, No. 1, 1--40 (1992; Zbl 0739.14011); Tôhoku Math. J. (2) 46, No. 2, 221--251 (1994; Zbl 0820.14015)]. Finally, they classify Du Val del Pezzo surfaces satisfying (NB) also satisfy additional pathological phenomena. As a consequence, the authors conclude that (NK) \(\Rightarrow\) (ND) \(\Rightarrow\) (NL) \(\Rightarrow\) (NB) and none of the opposite directions hold.