Conjecture. A discrete induced arithmetic theory [fdip-003X]

The discrete induced theory is an arithmetic scheme equipped with a Clifford sheaf and a finite group action; the continuum limit and the background dependence are controlled by a map from a moduli stack; the numerical parameters of the resulting QFT are special values of L-functions attached to the arithmetic data.

This is a schematic research conjecture. An arithmetic family of forms, its Clifford algebra sheaf and a specified finite-group action are available finite constructions. The moduli-stack clause is an informal target for organizing families, isomorphisms and descent; no site, stack or continuum comparison map has been specified here. Nor has an arithmetic L-function or its special value been identified with a parameter of a quantum field theory (QFT). These terms describe the conjectured interfaces, not additional structures carried by every finite Gaussian model.

The first background-selection question is algebraic. Schematically, let \(B_{\mathrm {alg}}\) denote a chosen set of algebraic background data and \(\mathcal S\) a chosen set of admissible structures; a selector would be a map \[\sigma :B_{\mathrm {alg}}\longrightarrow \mathcal S.\] A physical interpretation would additionally require a set \(\operatorname {Env}_{\mathrm {phys}}\) of physical environments and a map \[E:\operatorname {Env}_{\mathrm {phys}}\longrightarrow B_{\mathrm {alg}}.\] Neither map is asserted to have been constructed by the enriched-background example. The finite interfaces and their limits specify what the present calculations do establish.