Extendability of automorphisms of K3 surfaces

Abstract

A K3 surface $X$ over a $p$-adic field $K$ is said to have good reduction if it admits a proper smooth model over the ring of integers of $K$. Assuming this, we say that a subgroup $G$ of $\mathrm{Aut}(X)$ is extendable if $X$ admits a proper smooth model equipped with $G$-action (compatible with the action on $X$). We show that $G$ is extendable if it is of finite order prime to $p$ and acts symplectically (that is, preserves the global $2$-form on $X$). The proof relies on birational geometry of models of K3 surfaces, and equivariant simultaneous resolutions of certain singularities. We also give some examples of non-extendable actions.