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Elliptic singularities and threefold flops in positive characteristic

Algebraic Geometry 2025-10-22 v4

Abstract

Let XX be a smooth threefold over an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic. We prove that an arbitrary flop of XX is smooth. To this end, we study Gorenstein curves of genus one and two-dimensional elliptic singularities defined over imperfect fields.

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@article{arxiv.2308.08118,
  title  = {Elliptic singularities and threefold flops in positive characteristic},
  author = {Hiromu Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.08118},
  year   = {2025}
}

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51 pages

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