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Physics over a finite field and Wick rotation

Logic 2023-08-22 v2

Abstract

The paper develops an earlier proposition that the physical universe is a finite system co-ordinatised by a very large finite field Fp\mathrm{F}_\mathfrak{p} which looks like the field of complex numbers to an observer. We construct a place (homomorphism) lm\mathrm{lm} from a pseudo-finite field Fp\mathrm{F}_\mathfrak{p} onto the compactified field of complex numbers in such a way that certain multiplicative subgroups R+'\mathbb{R}'_+ and S'\mathbb{S}' correspond to the polar coordinate system R+\mathbb{R}_+ and S\mathbb{S} of C.\mathbb{C}. Thus Fp,\mathrm{F}_\mathfrak{p}, R+'\mathbb{R}'_+ and S'\mathbb{S}' provide co-ordinates for physical universe. We show that the passage from the scale of units in R+'\mathbb{R}'_+ to the scale of units of S'\mathbb{S}' corresponds to a multiplication (on the logarithmic scale) by a very large integer i\mathfrak{i} equal approximately to p.\sqrt{\mathfrak{p}}. This provides an explanation to the phenomenon of Wick rotation. In the same model we explain the phenomenon of phase transition in a large finite system

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@article{arxiv.2306.15698,
  title  = {Physics over a finite field and Wick rotation},
  author = {Boris Zilber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.15698},
  year   = {2023}
}
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