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In this chapter we shall present one of the versions of quantum chromo-dynamics which provides a means of calculating physical quantities without using perturbation theory. This version is based on replacing the infinite four-dimensional space-time by a discrete space-time in form of a lattice of finite dimensions. Introducing a finite-size lattice makes it possible to carry out computer simulations not involving perturbation theory. It turned out that the Monte Carlo method is most suited for this purpose.
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Chaichian, M., Nelipa, N.F. (1984). Lattice Gauge Theories. Quantum Chromodynamics on a Lattice. In: Introduction to Gauge Field Theories. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82177-6_14
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