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{{Short description|Theoretical object in mathematics}}
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In [[mathematics]], the '''field with one element''' is a suggestive name for an object that should behave similarly to a [[finite field]] with a single element, if such a field could exist. This object is denoted '''F'''<sub>1</sub>, or, in a French–English pun, '''F'''<sub>un</sub>.<ref>"[[wikt:un#French|un]]" is French for "one", and [[wikt:fun|fun]] is a playful English word. For examples of this notation, see, e.g. {{harvtxt|Le Bruyn|2009}}, or the links by Le Bruyn, Connes, and Consani.</ref> The name "field with one element" and the notation '''F'''<sub>1</sub> are only suggestive, as there is no field with one element in classical [[abstract algebra]]. Instead, '''F'''<sub>1</sub> refers to the idea that there should be a way to replace [[set (mathematics)|set]]s and [[Operation (mathematics)|operation]]s, the traditional building blocks for abstract algebra, with other, more flexible objects. Many theories of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> have been proposed, but it is not clear which, if any, of them give '''F'''<sub>1</sub> all the desired properties. While there is still no field with a single element in these theories, there is a field-like object whose [[characteristic (algebra)|characteristic]] is one.
Most proposed theories of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> replace abstract algebra entirely. Mathematical objects such as [[vector space]]s and [[polynomial ring]]s can be carried over into these new theories by mimicking their abstract properties. This allows the development of [[commutative algebra]] and [[algebraic geometry]] on new foundations. One of the defining features of theories of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> is that these new foundations allow more objects than classical abstract algebra does, one of which behaves like a field of characteristic one.
The possibility of studying the mathematics of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> was originally suggested in 1956 by [[Jacques Tits]], published in {{harvnb|Tits|1957}}, on the basis of an analogy between symmetries in [[projective geometry]] and the combinatorics of [[simplicial complex]]es. '''F'''<sub>1</sub> has been connected to [[noncommutative geometry]] and to a possible proof of the [[Riemann hypothesis]].
== History ==
In 1957, Jacques Tits introduced the theory of [[building (mathematics)|buildings]], which relate [[algebraic group]]s to [[abstract simplicial complex]]es. One of the assumptions is a non-triviality condition: If the building is an ''n''
After Tits' initial observations, little progress was made until the early 1990s. In the late 1980s, [[Alexander Smirnov (mathematician)|Alexander Smirnov]] gave a series of talks in which he conjectured that the Riemann hypothesis could be proven by considering the integers as a curve over a field with one element. By 1991, Smirnov had taken some steps towards algebraic geometry over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>,<ref name="Smirnov 1992">{{harvtxt|Smirnov|1992}}</ref> introducing extensions of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> and using them to handle the projective line '''P'''<sup>1</sup> over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.<ref name="Smirnov 1992"/> [[Algebraic number]]s were treated as maps to this '''P'''<sup>1</sup>, and conjectural approximations to [[Riemann–Hurwitz formula|the Riemann–Hurwitz formula]] for these maps were suggested. These approximations imply
The first published definition of a variety over '''F'''<sub>1</sub> came from [[Christophe Soulé]] in 1999,<ref name="Soule1999">{{harvtxt|Soulé|1999}}</ref> who constructed it using algebras over the [[complex
[[Alain Connes]] and [[Caterina Consani]] developed both Soulé and Deitmar's notions by "gluing" the category of multiplicative [[monoid]]s and the category of rings to create a new category <math>\mathfrak{M}\mathfrak{R},</math> then defining '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
Oliver Lorscheid, along with others, has recently achieved Tits' original aim of describing Chevalley groups over '''F'''<sub>1</sub> by introducing objects called blueprints, which are a simultaneous generalisation of both [[semiring]]s and monoids.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{harv|Lorscheid|2018b}}</ref> These are used to define so-called "blue schemes", one of which is Spec '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.<ref>{{harvtxt|Lorscheid|2016}}</ref> Lorscheid's ideas depart somewhat from other ideas of groups over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>, in that the '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
'''F'''<sub>1</sub>
== Motivations ==
=== Algebraic number theory ===
One motivation for '''F'''<sub>1</sub> comes from [[algebraic number theory]]. [[André
The field of rational numbers '''Q''' is linked in a similar way to the [[Riemann zeta function]], but '''Q''' is not the function field of a variety. Instead, '''Q''' is the function field of the [[scheme (mathematics)|scheme]] {{
=== Arakelov geometry ===
Geometry over a field with one element is also motivated by [[Arakelov geometry]], where [[Diophantine equations]] are studied using tools from [[complex geometry]]. The theory involves complicated comparisons between finite fields and the complex numbers. Here the existence of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> is useful for technical reasons.
== Expected properties ==
=== F<sub>1</sub> is not a field ===
'''F'''<sub>1</sub> cannot be a field because by definition all fields must contain two distinct elements, the [[additive identity]] zero and the [[multiplicative identity]] one. Even if this restriction is dropped (for instance by letting the additive and multiplicative identities be the same element), a ring with one element must be the [[zero ring]], which does not behave like a finite field. For instance, all [[Module (mathematics)|modules]] over the zero ring are isomorphic (as the only element of such a module is the zero element). However, one of the key motivations of '''F'''<sub>1</sub> is the description of sets as "'''F'''<sub>1</sub>
=== Other properties ===
* [[Finite set]]s are both [[affine space]]s and [[projective space]]s over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.
* [[Pointed set]]s are [[vector space]]s over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.<ref>[http://sbseminar.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/the-field-with-one-element Noah Snyder, The field with one element, Secret Blogging Seminar, 14 August 2007.]</ref>
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*: Given a [[Dynkin diagram]] for a semisimple algebraic group, its [[Weyl group]] is<ref>[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/week187.html This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics, Week 187]</ref> the semisimple algebraic group over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.
* The [[affine scheme]] Spec '''Z''' is a curve over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>.
* Groups are [[Hopf algebra]]s over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>. More generally, anything defined purely in terms of diagrams of algebraic objects should have an '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
* [[Group action (mathematics)|Group action]]s on sets are projective representations of ''G'' over '''F'''<sub>1</sub>, and in this way, ''G'' is the [[group Hopf algebra]] '''F'''<sub>1</sub>[''G''].
* [[Toric variety|Toric varieties]] determine '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
* The zeta function of '''P'''<sup>''N''</sup>('''F'''<sub>1</sub>) should be {{nowrap|1=''ζ''(''s'') = ''s''(''s'' − 1)⋯(''s'' − ''N'')}}.<ref name="Soule1999"/>
* The ''m''
== Computations ==
Various structures on a [[Set (mathematics)|set]] are analogous to structures on a projective space, and can be computed in the same way:
=== Sets are projective spaces ===
The number of elements of {{nowrap|1='''P'''('''F'''{{su|b=''q''|p=''n''|lh=0.9}}) = '''P'''<sup>''n''−1</sup>('''F'''<sub>''q''</sub>)}}, the {{nowrap|(''n'' − 1)}}
: <math>[n]_q := \frac{q^n-1}{q-1}=1+q+q^2+\dots+q^{n-1}.</math>
Taking {{nowrap|1=''q'' = 1}} yields {{nowrap|1=[''n'']<sub>''q''</sub> = ''n''}}.
The expansion of the ''q''
=== Permutations are maximal flags ===
There are ''n''! permutations of a set with ''n'' elements, and [''n'']!<sub>''q''</sub>
: <math>[n]
is the [[Q-Pochhammer symbol#Relationship to other q-functions|''q''
=== Subsets are subspaces ===
The [[binomial coefficient]]
: <math>\frac{n!}{m!(n-m)!}</math>
gives the number of ''m''-element subsets of an ''n''-element set, and the [[Q-factorial#Relationship to the q-bracket and the q-binomial|''q''
: <math>\frac{[n]
gives the number of ''m''-dimensional subspaces of an ''n''-dimensional vector space over '''F'''<sub>''q''</sub>.
The expansion of the ''q''
== Monoid schemes ==
Deitmar's construction of monoid schemes<ref>{{harvtxt|Deitmar|2005}}</ref> has been called "the very core of '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
=== Monoids ===
A '''multiplicative monoid''' is a monoid
For monoids
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*
=== Monoid schemes ===
The ''spectrum'' of a monoid
: <math>U_h = \{\mathfrak{p}\in\text{Spec}A:h\notin\mathfrak{p}\},</math>
for each
Monoid schemes can be turned into ring-theoretic schemes by means of a '''base extension''' [[functor]]
: <math>\operatorname{Spec}(A)\times_{\operatorname{Spec}(\mathbf{F}_1)}\operatorname{Spec}(\mathbf{Z})=\operatorname{Spec}\big( A\otimes_{\mathbf{F}_1}\mathbf{Z}\big),</math>
which in turn defines the base extension of a general monoid scheme.
=== Consequences ===
This construction achieves many of the desired properties of '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
However, monoid schemes do not fulfill all of the expected properties of a theory of '''F'''<sub>1</sub>
== Field extensions ==
One may define [[field extension]]s of the field with one element as the group of [[roots of unity]], or more finely (with a geometric structure) as the [[group scheme of roots of unity]]. This is non-naturally isomorphic to the [[cyclic group]] of order ''n'', the isomorphism depending on choice of a [[primitive root of unity]]:<ref>Mikhail Kapranov, linked at The F_un folklore</ref>
: <math>\mathbf{F}_{1^n} = \mu_n.</math>
Thus a vector space of dimension ''d'' over '''F'''<sub>1<sup>''n''</sup></sub> is a finite set of order ''dn'' on which the roots of unity act freely, together with a base point.
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Similarly, the [[real number]]s '''R''' are an algebra over '''F'''<sub>1<sup>2</sup></sub>, of infinite dimension, as the real numbers contain ±1, but no other roots of unity, and the complex numbers '''C''' are an algebra over '''F'''<sub>1<sup>''n''</sup></sub> for all ''n'', again of infinite dimension, as the complex numbers have all roots of unity.
From this point of view, any phenomenon that only depends on a field having roots of unity can be seen as coming from '''F'''<sub>1</sub> – for example, the [[discrete Fourier transform]] (complex-valued) and the related [[number-theoretic transform]] ('''Z'''/''n'''''Z'''
== See also ==
* [[Arithmetic derivative]]
* [[Semigroup with one element]]
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [[John Baez]]'s This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics: [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/week259.html Week 259]
* [http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2007/04/the_field_with_one_element.html The Field With One Element] at the ''n''
* [http://sbseminar.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/the-field-with-one-element/ The Field With One Element] at Secret Blogging Seminar
* [http://www.neverendingbooks.org/looking-for-f_un Looking for F<sub>un</sub>] and [http://www.neverendingbooks.org/the-f_un-folklore The F<sub>un</sub> folklore], Lieven le Bruyn.
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* [http://cage.ugent.be/~kthas/Fun F<sub>un</sub> Mathematics], Lieven le Bruyn, [[Thas, Koen|Koen Thas]].
* Vanderbilt conference on [http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~ncgoa/workshop2008.html Noncommutative Geometry and Geometry over the Field with One Element] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171146/http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~ncgoa/workshop2008.html |date=12 December 2013 }} ([http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~ncgoa/schedule_workshop08.pdf Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215091922/http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~ncgoa/schedule_workshop08.pdf |date=15 February 2012 }})
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