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Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.SIMULATION ALGORITHMS

2.1.Gravity Calculation and Dark Matter Evolution

2.2.Gas Dynamics

2.3.Additional Physics

2.4.Initial Conditions

2.5.Numerical and Physical Limitations

2.6.Biased Galaxy Formation

3.ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

3.1.Statistics Using Particle Positions

3.2.Statistics of Density Fields

3.3.Velocity Statistics

3.4.Redshift Space Distortions

3.5.Internal Properties of Galaxies, Halos, or Clusters

4.TESTING OF COSMOLOGICAL MODELS

4.1.Cold Dark Matter

4.2.Variants of Cold Dark Matter

4.3.Other Models

5.APPLICATIONS

5.1.Clusters of Galaxies

5.2.Gravitational Lensing

5.3.Quasistellar Object Absorption Lines

5.4.Radial Profiles of Dark Matter Halos

5.5.Self-Similar Clustering in Scale-Free Models

5.6.Testing Approximations for Nonlinear Gravitational Dynamics

6.FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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