Monte Carlo studies of quark-gluon dynamics

Because of the analogy between the Feynmann path integral and a partition function, Monte Carlo simulation of statistical systems has recently become a powerful tool of the elementary particle theorist. This numerical method for the evaluation of path integrals is generally studied with a space time lattice providing an ultraviolet cut-off. The technique converges well in both strong and weak coupling regimes and interpolates nicely in between. Furthermore, as entire field configurations are stored in the computer memory, any desired correlation function is in principle available. Recent progress in understanding strong interaction physics through Monte Carlo simulation of lattice gauge theory is reviewed