@misc{version-clay-problem-status-official,
  title = {Yang-Mills & the Mass Gap},
  author = {Clay Mathematics Institute},
  url = {https://www.claymath.org/millennium/yang-mills-the-maths-gap/},
  note = {Undated official webpage, retrieved 2026-10-24; source date: unknown (unknown); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-jaffe-witten-official-official,
  title = {Quantum Yang–Mills Theory},
  author = {Arthur Jaffe and Edward Witten},
  url = {https://www.claymath.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yangmills.pdf},
  note = {Official Clay-hosted PDF; no issue date inferred from upload URL; source date: unknown (unknown); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-clay-prize-rules-2018,
  title = {Rules for the Millennium Prize Problems},
  author = {Clay Mathematics Institute},
  url = {https://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/rules/},
  note = {Official summary; revised rules adopted 2018-09-26; retrieved 2026-10-24; source date: 2018 (year); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-osterwalder-schrader-1973-1973,
  title = {Axioms for Euclidean Green's functions},
  author = {Konrad Osterwalder and Robert Schrader},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01645738},
  note = {CMP 31 (1973), 83-112; DOI 10.1007/BF01645738; source date: 1973 (year); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/BF01645738}
}

@misc{version-osterwalder-schrader-1975-1975,
  title = {Axioms for Euclidean Green's functions II},
  author = {Konrad Osterwalder and Robert Schrader},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01608978},
  note = {CMP 42 (1975), 281-305; DOI 10.1007/BF01608978; source date: 1975 (year); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/BF01608978}
}

@misc{version-gross-wilczek-1973-1973,
  title = {Ultraviolet Behavior of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories},
  author = {David J. Gross and Frank Wilczek},
  url = {https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1343},
  note = {PRL 30 (1973), 1343; published 1973-06-25; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1343; source date: 1973-06-25 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-politzer-1973-1973,
  title = {Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?},
  author = {H. David Politzer},
  url = {https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1346},
  note = {PRL 30 (1973), 1346; published 1973-06-25; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1346; source date: 1973-06-25 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-balaban-1989-large-field-ii-1989,
  title = {Large field renormalization. II. Localization, exponentiation, and bounds for the R operation},
  author = {Tadeusz Bałaban},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01238433},
  note = {CMP 122 (1989), 355-392; DOI 10.1007/BF01238433; source date: 1989 (year); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/BF01238433}
}

@misc{version-chatterjee-2021-confinement-v5,
  title = {A probabilistic mechanism for quark confinement},
  author = {Sourav Chatterjee},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.16229v5},
  note = {arXiv:2006.16229v5, revised 2021-03-26; DOI 10.1007/s00220-021-04086-y; source date: 2021-03-26 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/s00220-021-04086-y}
}

@misc{version-cao-nissim-sheffield-2025-dynamical-v2,
  title = {Dynamical approach to area law for lattice Yang-Mills},
  author = {Sky Cao and Ron Nissim and Scott Sheffield},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04688v2},
  note = {arXiv:2509.04688v2, revised 2025-09-28; source date: 2025-09-28 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-chevyrev-shen-2026-renormalisation-v2,
  title = {Uniqueness of gauge covariant renormalisation of stochastic 3D Yang-Mills-Higgs},
  author = {Ilya Chevyrev and Hao Shen},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03060v2},
  note = {arXiv:2503.03060v2, revised 2026-01-21; ARMA 250 (2026), article 11; DOI 10.1007/s00205-025-02163-3; source date: 2026-01-21 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/s00205-025-02163-3}
}

@misc{version-guo-li-yang-zhu-2025-bootstrap-v2,
  title = {Bootstrapping SU(3) Lattice Yang-Mills Theory},
  author = {Yuanhong Guo and Zeyu Li and Gang Yang and Guorui Zhu},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14421v2},
  note = {arXiv:2502.14421v2, revised 2025-12-05; JHEP 12 (2025) 033; DOI 10.1007/JHEP12(2025)033; source date: 2025-12-05 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/JHEP12(2025)033}
}

@misc{version-liu-yang-2026-loop-equations-v2,
  title = {Direct and Indirect Loop Equations in Lattice Yang-Mills Theory},
  author = {Xizhe Liu and Gang Yang},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04316v2},
  note = {arXiv:2601.04316v2, revised 2026-01-21; source date: 2026-01-21 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-athenodorou-teper-2021-spectrum-v3,
  title = {SU(N) gauge theories in 3+1 dimensions: glueball spectrum, string tensions and topology},
  author = {Andreas Athenodorou and Michael Teper},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00364v3},
  note = {arXiv:2106.00364v3, revised 2021-12-10; JHEP 12 (2021) 082; DOI 10.1007/JHEP12(2021)082; source date: 2021-12-10 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-unsal-yaffe-2008-center-stabilized-v2,
  title = {Center-stabilized Yang-Mills theory: confinement and large N volume independence},
  author = {Mithat Ünsal and Laurence G. Yaffe},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0344v2},
  note = {arXiv:0803.0344v2, revised 2008-03-22; PRD 78 (2008), 065035; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065035; source date: 2008-03-22 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065035}
}

@misc{version-hayashi-tanizaki-unsal-2026-center-vortex-v2,
  title = {Center-vortex semiclassics with non-minimal 't Hooft fluxes on R2 x T2 and center stabilization at large N},
  author = {Yui Hayashi and Yuya Tanizaki and Mithat Ünsal},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07467v2},
  note = {arXiv:2505.07467v2, revised 2025-08-05; JHEP 02 (2026) 126; DOI 10.1007/JHEP02(2026)126; source date: 2025-08-05 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/JHEP02(2026)126}
}

@misc{version-cao-nissim-sheffield-2025-dynamical-v1,
  title = {Dynamical approach to area law for lattice Yang-Mills},
  author = {Sky Cao and Ron Nissim and Scott Sheffield},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04688v1},
  note = {arXiv:2509.04688v1; metadata inspected only; source date: 2025-09-04 (day); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-luscher-flow-v3,
  title = {Properties and uses of the Wilson flow in lattice QCD},
  author = {Martin Lüscher},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.4518v3},
  note = {arXiv:1006.4518v3, 27 January 2014; JHEP 08 (2010) 071; DOI 10.1007/JHEP08(2010)071; source date: 2014-01-27 (day); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/JHEP08(2010)071}
}

@misc{version-balaban-1987-rg-i-1987,
  title = {Renormalization group approach to lattice gauge field theories. I. Generation of effective actions in a small field approximation and a coupling constant renormalization in four dimensions},
  author = {Tadeusz Balaban},
  url = {https://scispace.com/pdf/renormalization-group-approach-to-lattice-gauge-field-3ygai0vxt1.pdf},
  note = {CMP 109 (1987), 249-301; published-article scan; source date: 1987 (year); checked 2026-10-24}
}

@misc{version-balaban-1988-convergent-expansions-1988,
  title = {Convergent renormalization expansions for lattice gauge theories},
  author = {Tadeusz Balaban},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01217741},
  note = {CMP 119 (1988), 243-285; published-article scan; source date: 1988 (year); checked 2026-10-24},
  doi = {10.1007/BF01217741}
}