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I review the current status of several lattice QCD results. I concentrate on new analytical developments and on numerical results relevant to phenomenology.

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Patel, A. Recent developments in lattice QCD. Pramana - J. Phys. 41 (Suppl 1), 139–165 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908081

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