Quantum field theory over \(\mathbb F_q\) (Q540106)

Summary: We consider the number \(\bar N (q)\) of points in the projective complement of graph hypersurfaces over \(\mathbb F_q\) and show that the smallest graphs with non-polynomial \(\bar N (q)\) have 14 edges. We give six examples which fall into two classes. One class has an exceptional prime 2 whereas in the other class \(\bar N (q)\) depends on the number of cube roots of unity in \(\mathbb F_q\). At graphs with 16 edges we find examples where \(\bar N(q)\) is given by a polynomial in \(q\) plus \(q^2\) times the number of points in the projective complement of a singular K3 in \(\mathbb P^3\). In the second part of the paper we show that applying momentum space Feynman-rules over \(\mathbb F_q\) lets the perturbation series terminate for renormalizable and non-renormalizable bosonic quantum field theories.