A new method of constructing scalar-flat Kähler surfaces (Q1891967)

Building on the work of Donaldson-Friedman [\textit{S. K. Donaldson} and \textit{R. Friedman}, Nonlinearity 2, No. 2, 197-239 (1989; Zbl 0671.53029)] we present a geometric way of constructing anti-self-dual Hermitian metrics on compact complex surfaces, which is based on the relative complex deformations of singular 3-folds with divisors. Some of the consequences are that under a mild condition, fully described by LeBrun- Singer in [\textit{C. LeBrun} and \textit{M. Singer}, Invent. Math. 112, No. 2, 273-313 (1993; Zbl 0793.53067)], any blow-up of a scalar-flat Kähler surface admits scalar-flat Kähler metrics; this is used to prove that in any versal deformation of non-minimal ruled surfaces of genus \(g \geq 2\), there exists an open dense set of scalar-flat Kähler surfaces. Related results have been obtained by LeBrun-Singer in [loc. cit.].