Minimal model program for semi-stable threefolds in mixed characteristic

Abstract

In this paper, we study the minimal model theory for threefolds in mixed characteristic. As a generalization of a result of Kawamata, we show that the MMP holds for strictly semi-stable schemes over an excellent Dedekind scheme $V$ of relative dimension two without any assumption on the residue characteristics of $V$. We also prove that we can run a $(K_{X/V}+\Delta)$-MMP over $Z$, where $\pi \colon X \to Z$ is a projective birational morphism of $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial quasi-projective $V$-schemes and $(X,\Delta)$ is a three-dimensional dlt pair with $\mathrm{Exc}(\pi) \subset \lfloor \Delta \rfloor $.