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We construct many new non-liftable three-dimensional Calabi–Yau spaces in positive characteristic. The technique relies on lifting a nodal model to a smooth rigid Calabi–Yau space over some number field as introduced by one of us jointily with D. van Straten.
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Cynk, S., Schütt, M. Non-liftable Calabi–Yau spaces. Ark Mat 50, 23–40 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11512-010-0130-4
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