Affine manifolds are rigid analytic spaces in characteristic one, I

Abstract

I extend the definitions of schemes relative to monoids with zero - and therefore, toric geometry - to the world of formal schemes. This expands the usual framework to include, for instance, models for Mumford's degenerating Abelian varieties. Following the usual toric paradigm, normal formal monoid schemes can be classified in terms of certain cone complexes, and their properties understood in combinatorial terms. I use this to give a simple algebraisation criterion. I also reformulate the traditional notions of separated and proper morphism in a manner amenable to the context of relative formal geometry, and give characterisations in terms of the topology of cone complexes.