\(F\)-rationality of certain Rees algebras and counterexamples to ``Boutot's theorem'' for \(F\)-rational rings (Q1376311)

\textit{J.-F. Boutot} [Invent. Math. 88, 65-68 (1987; Zbl 0619.14029)] proved (in characteristic 0) that a pure subring of a ring with rational singularity has a rational singularity. ``The'' characteristic \(p\) analog of a ring with rational singularity is an \(F\)-rational ring. Thus it is natural to expect that the analog of Boutot's theorem holds, namely, that a pure subring of an \(F\)-rational ring is \(F\)-rational. This paper shows that a ring retract of an \(F\)-rational ring need not be \(F\)-rational.