Non-liftable Calabi-Yau spaces (Q691137)

The article under review constructs new examples of non-liftable Calabi-Yau spaces in finite characteristic. The technique is to construct a rigid Calabi-Yau space over some number field that reduces to a nodal model of the given Calabi-Yau space \(X\) in characteristic \(p>0\). Rigid Calabi-Yau spaces are constructed working with fiber products of rational elliptic surfaces. Theorem: For each prime \(p<100\), (with some exceptions), there is a non-liftable Calabi-Yau three-dimensional Calabi-Yau space in characteristic \(p>0\). These results are tabulated. As for the proof of non-liftability, the main idea comes from the article [\textit{S. Cynk} and \textit{D. van Straten}, Manuscr. Math. 130, No. 2, 233--249 (2009; Zbl 1177.14081)].