Singular Q-homology planes of negative Kodaira dimension have smooth locus of non-general type

Abstract

We continue the program of classification of normal Q-acyclic surfaces defined over the field of complex numbers, so-called 'Q-homology planes'. Here we show that if a Q-homology plane has negative Kodaira dimension then its smooth locus is not of general type. This generalizes an earlier result of Koras-Russell for contractible surfaces.