Generalising Hrushovski’s fusion technique we construct the free fusion of
two strongly minimal theories T₁,T₂ intersecting in a totally categorical
sub-theory T₀. We show that if, e.g., T₀ is the theory of infinite
vector spaces over a finite field then the fusion theory Tω exists,
is complete and ω-stable of rank ω. We give a detailed
geometrical analysis of Tω, proving that if both T₁, T₂ are
1-based then, Tω can be collapsed into a strongly minimal theory, if some additional technical conditions hold—all trivially satisfied if T₀ is the theory of infinite vector spaces over
a finite field 𝔽q.