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Algebraic Surfaces in Positive Characteristic

Algebraic Geometry 2014-12-03 v4

Abstract

These notes are an introduction to and an overview of the theory of algebraic surfaces over algebraically closed fields of positive characteristic. After some background in characteristic-p-geometry, we sketch the Kodaira-Enriques classification. Next, we turn to more special characteristic-p topics, and end by lifting results and applications to characteristic zero. We assume that the reader has a background in complex geometry and has seen the Kodaira-Enriques classification of complex surfaces before.

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@article{arxiv.0912.4291,
  title  = {Algebraic Surfaces in Positive Characteristic},
  author = {Christian Liedtke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.4291},
  year   = {2014}
}

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66 pages, expanded lecture notes - final version

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