Pathological MMP singularities as $α_p$-quotients (2501.01179v1)

Abstract: We construct pathological examples of MMP singularities in every positive characteristic using quotients by $\alpha_p$-actions. In particular, we obtain non-$S_3$ terminal singularities, as well as locally stable (respectively stable) families whose general fibers are smooth (respectively klt, Cohen--Macaulay and $F$-injective) and whose special fibers are non-$S_2$. The dimensions of these examples are bounded below by a linear function of the characteristic.