On the adjunction mapping for surfaces of Kodaira dimension \(\leq{}0\) in char. p (Q1191487)

Let \(S\) be a smooth complete connected algebraic surface \(S\) of Kodaira dimension \(\kappa(S)\leq 0\) defined over an algebraically closed field of any characteristic and let \(L\) be an ample line bundle on \(S\). The authors prove the spannedness, the very ampleness, and more generally the \(k\)-spannedness, of the adjoint bundle \(K_ S\otimes L\) under some conditions on \((S,L)\) depending on \(\kappa(S)\) and \(k\). These conditions are similar to the ones required in the complex case by Reider's method [\textit{I. Reider}, Ann. Math., II. Ser. 127, No. 2, 309-316 (1988; Zbl 0663.14010)] and his generalization due to \textit{M. Beltrametti}, \textit{P. Francia} and \textit{A. J. Sommese} [Duke Math. J. 58, No. 2, 425-439 (1989; Zbl 0702.14010)].